“Do not forget that children are like rainbows; they come in an array of personalities, levels of resiliency, and a variety of temperaments.”
“This ability to exist in pieces is what some adults call resilience. And I suppose in some way it is a kind of resilience, a horrible resilience that makes adults believe children forget trauma.”
“the image of those widmestern storms that rip up the world as you know it, and leave, like a sacrifice, a rainbow to make you forget what has come before.”
“...children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.”
“As children of the Lord we should strive every day to rise to a higher level of personal righteousness in all of our actions.”
“There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.”