Denial, perhaps, is a necessary human mechanism to cope with the heartaches of life.

Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were.

There are moments, it would seem, that were created in cosmic theater where we are given strange and fantastic tests. In these times, we do not show who we are to God, for surely He must already know, but rather to ourselves.

such fickle days of love when pain and ecstasy share the same hour

Leah taught me that the greatest secret of life is that we find exactly what we're looking for. In spite of what happens to us, ultimately we decide whether our lives are good or bad, ugly or beautiful.

The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.

"Wait and see" is no easier now than it was as a child.