Love Conquors All

My absence from social media hopefully will lessen as time goes by. We are doing ok though. We are adjusting and clinging tight to the Good.

Love conquers all.

Love conquers autism. Love breaks through while Aaron shares his kindle with Sollie.

Love conquers a disability. Love overcomes as Sollie reaches for Aaron.

Love conquers our broken hearts. Love comforts us as we move on, realizing that we have been rescued, able to breathe a deep breath of relief.

Love acts if we let it. It compels us to hold each other longer, closer and to let our hearts be healed. Accepting healing can sometimes be just as hard as the breaking. Love does not allow us to avoid pain and fear. Love does give us a peace, even through tears at 2am.

Staying broken sometimes seems easier. If a heart heals, it can be broken again. Scar tissue from the healing is infinitely stronger than the break. The scarred heart is not as pretty as a pristine heart, but it is much stronger.

Love is knowing that right now we are hurting, but we will not hurt forever.

I am so grateful to those around me who love me well. Right now I feel like I am not loving very well in return. I am learning to accept help and love, knowing that some days I can give nothing back. That too is an important skill, accepting.

Love does conquer all, truly.

Conquering is hard work. Conquering requires a hard fought battle against a formidable enemy. We will not be passively overrun with bitterness, anger, or cynicism.

It is an exhausting battle sometimes, most of the time. The lands that we are winning over are the hearts and souls of my children, and myself. We are not only defending our borders, but expanding our territory to include healing, forgiveness and accepting love from unexpected places.

We are a new country. We are a stronger and better place to live. We are not an easy place to live, but we have a lot of people sending their troops to fight when we tire out.

Learning to accept love, change, healing and help is scary. Admitting to having a need for these things is not defeat. It empowers us to move forward, even with a limp.

Love continues to rule the roost around here, conquering us too.