You can tell when a woman has been through a lot, it\u2019s the weariness of her face.
\nThe erasure of her smile replaced with a blank stare.
\nShe isn\u2019t broken just tired of the lies.
\nDon\u2019t mistake or assume her demise.<\/p>\n
She hasn\u2019t lost hope.
\nHope just sits around the corner waiting to hear back from a wait list that never gets shorter but continues to grow day by day.
\nUsing the strength she has to rise from her pillow only to allow her head to fall in that same place night after night.
\nWorrying if her children can sleep without the lights.<\/p>\n
Tears no longer fall from her eyes.
\nShe learned those drops didn\u2019t change the fact that her baby has to eat.
\nWatching her own dreams\u00a0 become obsolete.
\nA numbness washes over her body as she lays submerged in the water.
\nCleansing her aching bones and reviving her relentless spirit.<\/p>\n
You see her everyday working in the office next to you, sitting in her car in traffic, or standing at the bus stop.<\/p>\n
She maybe feeding her children an orange while waiting under a stop sign holding a family in need sign.
\nShe is the prayer, the plea and the redemption.<\/p>\n
Her resilience echoes a vibration the universe cannot deny it can only supply and fulfill her desperate needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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