Words - Paint - Pictures

I view life like a train with many cars. We all board the train as passengers, carrying with us an empty satchel. As we ride, we fill this bag with memories and the emotions attached to them. The bag can get pretty full because we tend to be neglectful of emptying it of the things that no longer serve us. Sometimes we think those things are genuinely purposeful in our lives and we guard them, paying more attention to them than we do the beautiful scenery and the companions sh

Pain is hard on everyone, but we can weather it together In our darkest moments, we hope and expect our loved ones will be there for us. And they usually are. But we often are not satisfied with their level of support. They didn't listen enough, they were distracted, they didn't put us first, they didn't give enough, they could have done more. At least, that's how we see it when we are surrounded by pain and struggle. We don't allow our loved ones to be the flawed humans they