by Emily Wierenga | Jul 22, 2012 | aids, bible, book, cancer, children, colorado shootings, dad, greatest, journey, love, message, mum, parents, poverty, salvation, story
we didn’t get along but i wanted to be like him.every morning without fail my dad would bow on the carpet and pray to a God i longed to see, and he read his bible and we weren’t allowed to disturb him.mum would scribble bible verses on little pieces of... by Emily Wierenga | Feb 29, 2012 | cemetery, child, death, heaven, hope, losing, parents
they were black silhouettes clinging to each other in the burial ground as the cedar casket was carried and in it, the body of their 17-month-old daughter, their shoulders shaking even as the casket lowered. and no parent should have to bury his own child. it should...