“How could I bear it if something or someone ever hurt this child? I was suddenly cognizant that there were innumerable ways that my world could be shattered now - ways I'd never imagined. I could count the number of minutes my daughter had been alive, and already I glimpsed that love holds in itself the seeds of great suffering.” LoveSufferingMotherhood Book:Ruined Source: Ruined
“You are more than your virginity. You are more than your sexual history. You are more than what happens to you. You are immensely valuable. No wound can ever make you less than whole. Wounds become scars, and scars make a person beautiful.” WorthScarsVirginityWoundedness Book:Ruined Source: Ruined
“...we are all more than what happens to us. We are all more than our worst decisions.” LifeChoices Book:Ruined Source: Ruined
“Whether our will conforms to the will of God is an important factor in the shape of our lives.” God S WillPersonal Will Book:Ruined Source: Ruined