"I looked back to the bed. Still empty. And then it happened. I fell to my knees, and then to my back. It came from up from my gut. I could almost physically feel it moving to the top of my abdomen, to my chest, into my neck and then my head. I cannot describe the pain."
"You are so unbelievably excited that your child is born…and in the next moment you believe you’ll have to say farewell to your wife forever. It was like being numbed."
"The church is far from perfect. Life is complex. There are growing options. And the post-modern mind distrusts most things organized or institutional. But as trendy as the idea of writing off the church may be, it’s a mistake."
“When your son hurts a girl’s feelings, it’s our job as parents to make him understand how saying things out of anger [and] upset can make other[s] feel."
"If you see somebody using something like that, it's for a good reason. Don't make assumptions. I'm their parent; I know this child well enough to know that I need this. So trust us."
10-month-old Charlie Gard's life support was set to “run out” at midnight last night. That deadline has now been extended once again, thanks to the European Court of Human Rights.
