Melinda

“No one understood the value of something that was measured with a different standard than they themselves measured by. Matthew was thought to be worthless because he did not communicate how everyone did. My father thought me worthless because I did not have the same business sense that he and my brother were born with.”
― Sarah Holman, A Different Kind of Courage

“Don’t make the error of believing the papers know everything, and strive to know everything the papers won’t believe.”
― Rachel Heffington, Anon, Sir, Anon: A Vivi & Farnham Mystery

“The world was at my fingertips. But I was tired of being at its fingertips.”
― Rachel Heffington, Fly Away Home

“It's in these moments when our children push us to the brink that we see how desperately we need the work of the Holy Spirit in us. It is only through Him that we can find real peace-the kind that allows us to be peacemakers when our children are anything but peaceful. Parenting as peacemakers helps our children learn how to problem-solve, how to reconcile, and how to restore relationship.

But we can model this only by cultivating peace within our own hearts first, leaning into the power of the Holy Spirit and hiding ourselves in the safe harbor of Jesus' peace.”
― David Erickson