Joanna

“Quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times, a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.”
― Margaret Wise Brown

“But in all of the sadness, when you’re feeling that your heart is empty, and lacking,

You’ve got to remember that grief isn’t the absence of love.

Grief is the proof that love is still there.”
― Tessa Shaffer, Heaven Has No Regrets

“Death will paint everything a different shade of remorse.

You’ll feel guilty that you’re still breathing.
But you can’t stop.
You’ll feel guilty for wanting to laugh again.
And it will be awful the first time that you do.
You’ll feel guilty for just about everything at first.
And someday, at some point, you’ll start to feel guilty . . .
for forgetting to feel guilty.

But of all Heaven’s lessons, guilt isn’t one of them. You don’t need to hold on to it. It doesn’t need to be a practice and it shouldn’t be your life.

Heaven would never approve of your guilt.
Because Heaven has no regrets.”
― Tessa Shaffer, Heaven Has No Regrets

“In the dim light of today are the shadows of yesterday’s affliction and the hope of tomorrow’s gifts.”
― Ariana Carruth