“I sat the phone down and ugly cried in my car. I was only 27. I wasn’t supposed to be sick.”
- Love What Matters
- Family
“I sat the phone down and ugly cried in my car. I was only 27. I wasn’t supposed to be sick.”
“I watched my gorgeous husband’s body betray him. I held my breath, waiting for him to take another, but it didn’t happen. The woman I was died with him.”
“He sent me a video of his sister’s lifeless body being pulled from the river. ‘We have to save these boys.’”
“He said matter-of-factly, ‘Papa Luis sat with me on a cloud and told me it would soon be my turn, and not to worry. God just had to find the perfect family for me.’ I hugged him with tears in my eyes.”
“We learned to make Haitian legume and they learned to make Nashville hot chicken. We learned to dance Koompa and they learned to two-step. I can’t imagine us being any more family than this.”
“My love for animals had been inside my soul forever. It was the little push I needed.”
“Dads are not babysitters, and mothers are not machines.”
“If someone offers help, DON’T fight it. Just say YES.”
“The brokenness I felt is how hundreds of millions of children feel. I could change this for another child. We began our journey that night.”
“In the midst of my pain and loneliness, God knew what I needed. New love crept in.”