A Tangled Mercy

by Joy Jordan-Lake

For learning once more what you’d already learned, sitting all afternoon and into the night alone on the curb, waiting for your father’s headlights that never came, or believing your mom would stick to her promise and stay sober through your high school awards dinner.

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” —Jackie Robinson

There’s a beauty, and there’s a strength, you know, that grows only in a long walk together in the same direction.”

maybe forgiveness is more a journey than a moment in time.

A life worth living is one of compassion. And a life of compassion will include many tears.”