What I would say

If I had a little sister, this is what I would tell her.

I never thought I would say it,
But every girl needs to know how her heart breaks.
The loss of a boy, a childhood dream or a close friendship;
She will break.
Men take things apart to put them back together again,
Women prefer to keep things together.
But there is no way to know how the pieces will fall
Until they have hit the ground.
There is no way to learn to mend
Until there is something to mend.
A girl needs to know how her heart breaks
To discover what is inside.
I would never want my friends', my daughters', my mother's heart to break
When they do, I will at least be there to help them find the beauty in the brokeness
And the joy in the pain of mending.


I need to be reminded that love is the most important thing,
That love conquers and rests.
That love is in all of us.
I need to remember that there are thousands of people that do
not get to say goodby to their loved ones.
That love remains even though people are gone.
I need to remember that I am capable of being loved.
I need to cry over the beauty that love has created.
That love is a result of Grace in action.