I am still here and no one is clapping.
There is no recognition for this kind of staying.
No one is keeping score.
No one is calling it brave.
from What I Carry in Silence
If the Bible has room
for prayers that do not resolve,
then so does this book.
And so do you.
from What I Carry in Silence
I stayed without certainty.
I stayed without reassurance.
I stayed without knowing
if staying would change anything at all.
from What I Carry in Silence
I cannot make my child better.
I cannot take this away.
But I can sit beside them and love them
while God does what I cannot.
from What I Pray When I Cannot Heal You
I prayed. I said the words carefully.
I believed them as I spoke them.
And then — silence.
I am still here, God.
I have not walked away.
from What I Carry When Heaven Feels Quiet
No one brings flowers
for this kind of grief.
There is no casket. No service.
Just a slow, invisible losing
that nobody else can see.
from What I Pray When I Cannot Save You
He does not love me the way I expected to be loved.
But he shows up. Every single time.
And I have learned that showing up
is its own kind of love language.
from What I Pray When Marriage Is Hard
