These two things brought me to tears.

I know I usually keep it pretty rosy around here.  What you might not know is that my passions are actually best summed up as "both."  In fact, both is probably my favorite way to describe myself.  I think both the rosy and the really raw things of life matter completely.  One not more than the other.  I don't think the sugar-coated life amounts to much.  I believe in reading things that make our stomachs turn, challenging the status quo, and listening to what makes our hearts ache and pound just as much as I believe that my pink door makes me happy.  What a weird sentence to write, I know.  All I mean to say is, it's not all spring flowers, farmer's markets, pink doors, and selfies rooting for the rosy life around here.  Behind-the-scenes there is much that matters deeply to me, whether I know how to articulate it or not.  Without writing an entire novel, I'll say this week this commercial and book made me cry.  Like in an instant, the tears were there.  The deep kind.  

The commercial is sponsored by Budweiser and to me, that's neither here nor there.  You simply must watch. 

The book is gut-wrenching.  It left me almost sick to my stomach on more than one occasion.  It made me feel like I was reading a story that was set way back in history but the most traumatic part is that it wasn't.  These were recent events.  It profoundly impacted me in a way very few books have.  

These are the things that matter to me, although I may not always know how to put it into words.  I don't know much about life.  But I know I will always be a champion for hope and joy and for people.   ALL people. However God sees fit to place me in this world, whomever he puts me amongst.  We have light friends, that we can share with those around us and that is no small thing.