H. L. Balcomb

“His Nana's prayers were moving toward his mother like little butterflies of thoughts wrapped in the most beautiful colors. Each prayer looked like a mini-rainbow.”

“Forgiveness, she was only required to accept the seed of healing, and to let it grow on its own time.”

“The flowers' beauty drew her closer to them like a magnetic force. She felt compelled to walk a little faster.”

“Heaven is inside us,' Ida uttered in a rather loud whisper.”

“Kill him with your blessings of healing.”

“It thanked her for the life she breathed into hits being; without her influence, this little being would not have been in the Garden of Glory.”

“Failure taught him that he could have made the right choice. I could have tried.”

“One's past can't be erased, it can only be learned from, the child taught her.”

“He was humbled by her infinite love toward him - it shone through even in his afterlife.”

“I feel more alive now than I did while on earth. I am coming to terms with the notion that death is truly another word for opportunity.”

“Suddenly, he felt a tremendous stirring of hope inside his heart; it filled his whole body with its warmth. I may not be that much of a broken man, he thought to himself.”