Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried than before – more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.
–Charles Dickens
Gladsome Lights 
Such a perfect joining of image and words. If only more among us understood that a softened heart is not a weak heart.
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Beautiful!
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I love the “I was better after I had cried than before.”
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Love the painting. Are you having rain yet? I pray for you.
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No rain, unless you count tears 😉 But I’m going to the mountains and maybe will have a thunderstorm! Thank you for your prayers.
I’m pretty sure that is a photo.
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I so much needed this, Gretchen. It came as a gift. I feel so grateful.
But whom do I thank first? There are three persons and one God who worked together to make this post. I’ve already thanked God, and now you; but Dickens and the anonymous photographer will have to wait, I suppose.
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Oh boy! That’s a wonderful post.
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