They'd had fun, for sure. They laughed and enjoyed being together. But if she was painfully honest with herself, something was missing. Something in the way Tim looked at her. She remembered her mom's word. "I saw the way he looked at you...he adores you." Maybe that was it. Tim looked at her on a surface level. He smiled and seemed happy to see her. But When Cody looked at her, there were no layers left, nothing her didn't reveal, nothing he couldn't see. He didn't really look at her so much as he looked into her. To the deepest, most real places in her heart and soul.

Because love was a light that wouldn't allow darkness to reign in his soul.

There were times when I was so sick of talking about the Bible.

Life changes, people come and go and seasons never last. Karen kingsbury # Leaving

The more bad choices you make, the less bad your choices seem.

Life is too short for half-hearted connections and meaningless run-throughs.

The next time that boy pursues you, he better do it like a dying man looking for water in a desert. When it's the right guy, you'll know, because he'll cherish you.