She frolicks and takes up as much space as she wants, she acts out life on a stage as the comedienne and dramatist, she gives into every emotion, and she is mine....
_God is love. He is all-knowing, all-seeing, perfect, merciful, faithful, and holy. God's love is unconditional. I can rest in Him, knowing that I will one day have eternal life in heaven._...
My mother is a force—an unyielding woman who protects only her own—yet her mortality humbles me. Those tender, timeworn creases by her tearful eyes, deepened by years of mirth and melancholy, make me cherish her vitality: her silly twirls, dulcet giggles, and shielding caress that remind me I’ve found home....
His eyes were full of thoughts, as vast as the baby blue sky in his eyes. Knowledge. Questions. Hopes. Pains. Dreams. More questions. Mistakes. Love for God. Faith. I had never been so intrigued. I was afraid of approaching him so I settled on grasping to uncover the mysteries of his character through others—siblings, mutual friends, proximity. I learned good things. I learned bad things. But that...
The way her shoulders sloped, you can almost see the weight of her nearly six decades of life, each turn of the clock having brought her fresh tragedy—the sudden loss of her father, the grenade-inflected dissolution of her country, the trudge of an immigrant life in America—but when she laughs, her chin rises to the sky, taking with it her unwavering spirit, her unbroken joy....
