Losing a child is probably the singular most horrible thing.

Postponing happiness until "all your ducks are in order" means never because life is not that clean, fair or predictable. It isn't what happens to you that defines your life, it is what you do with it that does.

...home-schooled students are able to successfully adapt emotionally, interpersonally, and academically to their first, and most challenging, semester in college. That is probably because, having had the consistent teaching and support of a family and a community, they have developed strengths and convictions that provide a bridge over the troubled waters of a multitude of challenges and temptations.

You have the power. You are the magic wand.

Never sell your soul.

So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist.

You don't need to make your heart and your head agree. Let your head make the decision, your heart will catch up eventually.