Not Ashamed!

When I lost my first baby, and then I began to care for children who have been hurt by the parents who were meant to love them, I learned to feel. I learned to cry. I learned to see difficult things and hear difficult things. Not because I want to see and hear the pain, but because people need to be seen, and they need to be heard. We all need to be able to cry and not be ashamed.

I believe in the changing power of pain and the power of hope. And I believe in the release of crying. If you need to cry, cry.

I am not ashamed to cry anymore.