I know what it is to hope and pray so hard that you're sure God will answer your prayer just so you'll stop asking.

Mama?" "Yes, Emmy." She traced a rivulet of rain with her finger as it made its journey down the glass. "How do you know when it's been long enough?" Emmy could sense her mother smiling into the phone. "When you relaize that love doesn't have a time span. Only pain does. I think sometimes it's hard to distinguish between the two, so we just hold on to both of them like they're inseparable.

Moving on doesn't mean forgetting.

I know what it is to hope and pray so hard that you're sure God will answer your prayer just so you'll stop asking.

Miles and years become suddenly invisible when you find yourself back where you started from, as if you've learned nothing and you are once again the person you once were.

Don’t see the notes. See the music. See the story it is telling you. Allow the music to change you. Allow it to give you the courage to do whatever you need to

Sometimes hope is all we have, and to lose that is to lose all.