Love Notes | What Punishments of God Are Not Gifts?
I wish it upon no one. But I am so grateful.
What Punishments of God Are Not Gifts?
I’ve been thinking this week about Stephen Colbert and a quote he shared that brought Anderson Cooper to tears.
“What punishments of God are not gifts?”
Today is three years since Carter was diagnosed with cancer. And I maintain with conviction in my bones it is the worst thing to ever happen to us.
And it also was the best.
Because what punishments of God are not gifts?
I have glimpsed what peaks behind the veil — but I also get to pull the curtain back (for now).
Oh, how few are that lucky.
To now knowingly bring my face toward laughter, and sunshine, and tears.
To feel more deeply, and to love more freely, and to laugh it all off with a tipple of good humor.
A better friend, a better daughter, a better wife.
I wish it upon no one.
But I am so grateful.
Because what punishments of God are not gifts?
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