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To the Stranger Who Gave My 3-Year-Old a Bracelet in the McDonald’s Bathroom

"You heard me tell her we had a long drive home and she needed to use the potty. You heard her tell me she was scared the toilet would flush while she was sitting on it."

Daughter Texts Mom “I’ll Be Home Soon” from Burger King Bathroom—20 Minutes Later, Her Worst Nightmare Comes True

"She's my only daughter, my best friend. She was supposed to start her new job today, now she's on life support.”

To My Wife of 16 Years, Here’s the Secret I Wish I Knew Before Our Divorce Papers…

"After losing a woman that I loved, and a marriage of almost 16 years, here’s the advice I wish I would have had…"

Lieryn Barnett

Lieryn Barnett is a covenant member of Two Cities Church in Winston-Salem, NC. She has contributed articles to The Gospel Coalition and The Mighty, writing about her experiences with mental illness. She is also passionate about Biblical literacy and women teaching women. You can follow her on Twitter.

“Surviving the ‘Bottomless Pit’ of the Mind”: 4 Powerful Truths for Christians With Mental Illness

Charles Spurgeon once said, “The mind can descend far lower than the body, for in it there are bottomless pits. The flesh can bear only a certain number of wounds and no more, but the soul can bleed in ten thousand ways, and die over and over again each hour.”