Tag: Parenting

"I felt the Lord speak to my heart. To me, the busy mom, the weary woman, the hustling business lady, the overwhelmed, but loving wife. But mostly, the daughter."

"As I held her, she gasped for breath. I told her that I was so sorry. I told her I loved her. I told her it was okay to let go. Seeing your child dying and knowing that there is nothing you can do to save them, it’s a terrible feeling. You’re helpless."

"We only see a small point in time, a tiny little snapshot, compared to all of the life that’s being lived behind the scenes."

“My son has permanent brain damage. His visual memory is in the fourth percentile. He's impaired in his ability to make real world choices because of his visual memory and his ability to fully perceive visual input.”

“Most people don’t understand what it’s like to be chained in a monster’s basement.”

"I had hated myself for the very reasons he loved me."

"This was the worst day of our lives. We are still suffering to come to terms with it all."

He decided to sneak over to "Amanda's" house, without knowing he was really walking into a death trap that his mom had warned him about.