Comments on: a keepsake of sorts

By: Trava

Trava — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:42:12 +0000

I thank God for my heart that has been broken. It proves that He instilled in me love, passion, compassion and hope in me. I see His broken heart through the birth and death of Christ. It never amazes me more when I have known a heart break that someone else is having and I can say, “I understand.”. God does that for us. Those pieces that are pulled back together are knitted by reaching out to others and holding them, crying with them, and eventually smiling once again with them. If we are not broken and then restored, we can’t be living much of a life. You, my dear, are definitely living! Love you bunches……….T

By: Summer

Summer — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:22:21 +0000

I love reading your writing, Emily! It is so beautiful and thought-provoking and moving. You are incredibly talented!

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:51:26 +0000

That is so incredibly beautiful! You give me hope, Emily!

By: Lou

Lou — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:36:53 +0000

Beautifully written my sweet Em. I once heard a line in a movie and I am sure it was said by someone real and important – it might even be in the Bible I am just not as knowledgable (spelling?) on my Bible as I need to be. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” (Olymipia Ducacus in Steel Magnolias)

Even brokeness has a purpose.

By: sheila p.

sheila p. — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:14:08 +0000

I know a broken heart of another kind. The Lord saw it time to take my daddy home to be with him a month ago, and although it’s getting better with each day, it felt like it was going to tear my heart out every time I thought of him not being on this earth with me anymore. No more of his little quirky things he did and said that I can still so vividly hear! I know he was suffering, but you still can’t understand that empty feeling you are left with until it happens. Every day something reminds me of him and I am glad for all the good memories of my sweet daddy that I will one day see again.

By: Nieca

Nieca — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:30:57 +0000

Oh, Emily!!!! That is beautiful… and with the path that my life has taken these past few months, it could not have been written at a more appropriate time. A broken heart is bittersweet, because to have a broken heart means we definitely loved and loved deeply. And… I’m not sure I would have wanted to miss that brief moment, months, and even years of that type of love that could only be yet another privilege from God.

I love you and can’t wait to just squeeze you to pieces!!!