“Extreme emotional pain has a profound effect on the body. I witnessed my already frail body become even more toxic and plundered.”

“In that instant, I realized that if I focused on the pain and misery, it would take me longer to heal. When chronic pain is my most often companion, it can be challenging to keep looking for the go...”

“Forgiveness enables me to walk away from that pain, the loneliness and suffering.”

“When I left my first marriage, I left the insanity, the indifference, the negativity. In my world, LOVE MUST WIN. It cant just be the answer. It must conquer all evil, all hatred, all indifference....”

“I cant cure anyone. I cant guarantee they will heal. I can only tell them my story, remind them that they are not alone in their journey and offer a glimmer of hope for healing.”

“Laughter lightens my heart and therefore heals my soul as well.”

“I was in awe of the mystery of human compassion and the inability of love to make the distance between us any more bearable.”

“Theres no magical healing in this. I wont wake up tomorrow fixed and joyful. Ill still hurt and grieve. But moments like this, with Colton? They make it all bearable. He doesn't fix me, doesn't hea...”

“There’s no magical healing in this. I won’t wake up tomorrow fixed and joyful. I’ll still hurt and grieve. But moments like this, with Colton? They make it all bearable. He doesn't fix me, doesn't ...”

“Tears shed for another person are not a sign of weakness. They are a sign of a pure heart.”

“Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.”

“So its true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”

“If there were a sympathy in choice,War, death, or sickness, did lay siege to it,Making it momentary as a sound,Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,Brief as the lightning in the collied nightThat,...”

“Do you think that God would separate me from my husband if I killed myself? I feel as though I am going out of my mind at times. Wouldnt God understand that I just want to be with him?”

“I went back to those graves not long afterward and found as I stood there that sadness was a very heavy thing. My body weighed twice what it had only a moment earlier, as if those graves were pulli...”