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1st Grader Picks Out Green Dress for Picture Day—The Results Leave Mom Cry-Laughing

“This is the story of a little girl’s love of a green dress, a mother who tries to instill independence, and how those two things came together in the most epic and brilliant combination possible."

Student’s Humble Plea to Teacher at the Bottom of His Test Goes Viral for All the Right Reasons

"This note gave me so much hope. Let us all be a little more like this young man!!"

Tag: Gratitude

Dear Christians, Stop Giving Thanks For Everything

To give thanks FOR all circumstances is to say that the situation itself (rather than what might arise from it) is good. We risk calling good what is evil.

“That’s Stupid. Everyone in My Class Has That”: Mom Teaches Entitled Daughter Lesson in Tough Love

"She stared at it and threw it in the trash and slammed the bedroom door."

Why You Must Feel Sorrow to Experience Joy

"Your capacity to feel the one affects your capacity to experience the other. The two are connected. A soul deadened to the pain of the world and to your own life is numb to the joy available to you as well."

Remember to Remember

"Remember to remember when the morning brings bad news; how grace fills time, every time. Remember to mark the day when you remembered all the rivers you’ve crossed, the crosses you’ve bore, the mountains you’ve overcome."

When God Didn’t Give You the Life You Dreamed Of. Not Even Close.

“Weep deeply over the life you hoped would be.”