“Yearning for a better, brighter, more beautiful and sensitive life is borne in pain.”

“Our deepest, most painful wounds not only leave us with scars that we bear forever, but also, if we make our peace with them, leave us wiser, stronger, more sensitive than we otherwise would have been had we not been afflicted with them.”

“Jesus wrecked my life, shattered it to pieces, and put it back together more beautifully.”

“Sometimes life gets ugly before it gets beautiful”

“Watching the two of you interact, it was like watching fireworks light up the night sky. You two burn brighter when you're together.”

“Adoption is wonderful and beautiful and the greatest blessing I have ever experienced. Adoption is also difficult and painful. Adoption is a beautiful picture of redemption.”

“You are born only knowing life.”