quiet smiles & celebrations of life

thoughts on Mother's Day, and other events we recover from

Certain times demand us to walk gently and reverently with others. You'll know you're in one of those times because there will still be smiles, but those smiles will be different – not grins, but quiet, knowing ones that acknowledge pain, communicate tenderness, and have patience with physical and mental exhaustion.

Those exchanged smiles say, I'm here f…