#speak kinder

I hope some of the words in the back of your mind are me.

I hope sometimes you hear my voice asking if there is light at the end of the tunnel.

I hope you ask others, “What can I do?” and laughingly joke that your arms are too broken to hug.

I hope the words in the back of your mind are me sometimes, because I know you need a little more kindness than your own words can offer.

-Excerpt from a book I’ll never write #214