I think being raised spending so much time outdoors was really important - while you're in it, you might not know, but now I think of the things I was thankful for.
JewelI'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.
JewelThere is a pretty girl on the face of the magazine and all I see is my dirty hands turning the page.
JewelI grew up bar-singing and saw all kinds of ways people tried to outrun their emotional pain. It doesn't work. You end up with the original pain, as well as new pain added on top of it from the tactics you used trying to avoid it in the first place. It's best to take a deep breath, bolster yourself, and walk through it.
Jewel