“Vast destruction surrounded me," said Jackie Albrecht. "Grief and sadness, tears mingled with groans . . . I'll never forget the sounds. Or how hot the smoldering metal was. Sometimes, I can still smell that noxious mix of diesel fuel and charred flesh. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I served as a grief counselor at [...]
We escaped—practically fled from our house—and drove off into the sunset together. Our Valentine’s date night was long overdue. After my husband and I were seated at our favorite restaurant, I almost teared up--the culture shock was just a little too much--as I gingerly ran my fingers across my fancy linen napkin. Red roses and flickering [...]
"I'm freaking out!” “O.M.G.” “I'm so burned out; I quit!” Clichés. Erroneous negative comments. Everyday chitchat. Sometimes I throw words around sort of carelessly, without thinking about what I am truly saying. After all, they’re just words—pretty harmless, right? Jesus didn't seem to think so. He taught that our words are actually quite [...]