Melissa

“Knock and it shall be opened.' But does knocking mean hammering and kicking the door like a maniac?”
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

“Or you might shout at the top of your lungs or whisper into your sleeve, "I hate you, God." That is a prayer too, because it is real, it is truth, and maybe it is the first sincere thought you've had in months.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

“Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.”
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

“Love falls to earth, rises from the ground, pools around the afflicted. Love pulls people back to their feet. Bodies and souls are fed. Bones and lives heal. New blades of grass grow from charred soil. The sun rises.”
― Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers