I would always tell people that I believe children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance. -Ishmael Beah; "A Long Way Gone -Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" (quoted by my son Thomas in an English essay he wrote this year) as i loo… more »

Above all else guard your heart; for everything you do flows from it. -NIV Watch over your heart with all diligence; for from it flow the springs of life. -NASB -Proverbs 4:23 (two different translations of the same verse, found on my friend Chris'… more »

O God, come to our aid. O Lord, make haste to help us.... - Communion & Liberation (CL) Book of Hours; (available through local "Responsibles" -see http://www.clonline.us/contacts.cfm) we got word today (monday) that our son matthew's best frie… more »

Someone once told me when i was in darkness that i should beg G-d to see his face... I hurt so bad I was willing to do it; deep, deep down inside i begged.  amazingly, his face was revealed to me...  - MAF; originally written as a text, to a friend who… more »

"God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world." - C.S. Lewis -from the book "The Problem of Pain" -quote found at http://www.lewissociety.org/quotes.php -coincidentally… more »

Sex is rapid, but love requires patience and effort.  ...  Love takes us out of ourselves and awakens a profound interest in the other...  love always leads to service.  - Children and PARENTS - Wisdom and Guidance for Parents, by Fulton J. Sheen; pp.'s… more »

In my experience holding out for closure does nothing but prolong the pain.  The Stoics got it right:  lance the boil, rip off the bandage, man-up and get on with it.  --Mary Shannon on "In Plain Sight" -thank you Jeanne for sharing (can be found @ http… more »