“Being broken isn't the worst thing. We can be mended and put together again. We don’t have to be ashamed of our past. We can embrace the history that gives us value, and see our cracks as beautiful.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“It is the capacity to feel consuming grief and pain and despair that also allows me to embrace love and joy and beauty with… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I want my heart to be the thin place. I don't want to board a plane to feel the kiss of heaven. I want… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I doubt that anyone has a Damascus moment after experiencing discrimination. Most people seem to have shining moments of change after experiencing grace.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The shadow is dark and the woods are cold, but they are not endless. No matter how lost you are now, you are not… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“My husband says this longing for isolation is not a good quality, that if I wanted to be a hermit I should have moved… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“A basic reality of life is that we all struggle. We hurt and have hurt other people. We all feel lost sometimes. This isn’t… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I believe God lets us stumble along, slowly finding our way, and giving us chances to pick each other up.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I know what it's like to sleep in fear, to starve myself to be worthy, to be ashamed of my voice, to want to… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The God I serve is able to save us both. To give us the winning lottery ticket so all our money problems will go… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“There are lots of real reasons to decide to leave something or someone, but there are lots of other reasons that are less valid… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The first night in the hospital with a snuffling baby girl, I learned that my family was not the only thing that had expanded.… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The most amazing thing is that all my sorrows, all of my darkest moments, are becoming my gifts.” — Anna White Copy Share Image
“The idea of practicing love is deeply appealing to me, because built right in is an acceptance of imperfection. There is an acknowledgment to… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I think this is the essence of life: to be willing circle back, to fall in deeper, to relearn what I thought I already… — Anna White Copy Share Image
“I can't say for sure if I'm better off, since I have no way of knowing what would have been. I could have traveled… — Anna White Copy Share Image
