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You trust Him. You feel pushed and motivated. You wanna be better.

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You are so much stronger than you realize.

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I hope that he’s somewhere close and knows I’m thinking of him around this time.

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You always remember those who forget. You remember them exceptionally more.

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I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with death. It means that I will have to say my final goodbyes but it also means that they wouldn’t be in pain anymore. So, which one do I choose?

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Life is about picking yourself up when you fall. It’s about learning to smile when smiling feels like the hardest thing you can do. It’s about focusing on what you can do, on what you have, on what is good rather than bad.

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You are not a bad person because the one you love lost their battle. There is nothing you could have done differently to change the course of life, to change God’s plan, to change the path we are traveling on.

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There were hundreds of thousands of casualties that the news never honored – the fallen trees. Snarled, upturned roots clawed at people as we struggled to pick up our yards and our lives.