Wild, Beautiful, and Free

by Sophfronia Scott

We say the words we want to say and don’t care about the consequences. I know a bigger hell comes of keeping your mouth shut.

When I looked at my face, I found a smile, natural and warm, on my lips. I had smiled before, but this smile seemed unused, like it had always been there but had been saved or even hidden under the surface; like this smile showed how my face was always meant to look.

Seemed like humans were killing humans so that humans could have the right to be humans.

it. I decided to think of it as another one of those gifts that God surprises you with—another small bauble to help you feel good. It’s like God just goes around and slips these gifts in your pocket. I’m grateful I notice them when they show up.