“I sat with warm pain-filled tears streaming silently down my face as I gazed out into the dark and asked someone, somewhere, if there was more to life than this.” By Helen Cottee | Twitter: @helencottee The night was dark and unmemorable. There were stars for sure, but no spectacular celestial displays to write about. No [...]
This month Prodigal Magazine and SheLoves Magazine are partnering together to bring you this “Broken Hallelujah” link-up on Monday, December 10. We invite you to write out your own Broken Hallelujah story on your blog and link it up over at Prodigal Magazine. We will also feature a beautiful story by Holly Grantham here on SheLoves tomorrow to help lead [...]
“I have to remind myself: I can’t do everything, but I can do something.” By Daniela Schwartz Twitter: @danielatweets I grew up poor. I knew what hungry felt like—lonely and forgotten. I knew what standing in the food bank line-up felt like, my face burning in shame, praying no one from school would see me [...]
“They had come limping, wheeled, carried, ambling, knock-kneed and slow going, with ample head gear and protective padding, drooling, smiling, deadpan, screaming and yet routinely with ears to hear and eyes to see.” By Enuma Okoro | Twitter: @TweetEnuma The lingering smell in the air hinted of freshly baked apple pie and caused me to [...]
” … a salvation oracle is meant to break the power of nightmares by reminding us that all is well.” Amid the darkest part of the night, his feet skated across the cold tile floor until he stood, teetering and breathless, by my bed: “Mama, I had a bad dream.” Even through the blackness I could see his [...]
