Lainee's Love

Lainee's Love

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?

Purple heart repaired with gold using the art of kintsugi, symbolizing healing, grief, and restored love

If you’re reading this with a broken heart, please know you’re not alone. This is not a guide on how to grieve, and it isn’t a story neatly wrapped with answers. It’s simply an entry from my journal, a part…

The Island of Misfit Toys

The Island of Misfit Toys characters from the Rudolph Christmas story, symbolizing hope, belonging, and not being forgotten

You’re Not Forgotten One year ago today, I wrote this in my journal during a quiet moment of prayer. I wasn’t trying to make sense of everything — just noticing where God met me in my grief and reminded me…

The Starfish Story

I don’t know — maybe I’m one of the only people on the planet who hadn’t heard some version of the story of “The Star Thrower” (or The Starfish Story). But when I first read it, I was so moved. The…