"It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light to stand in and makes everything work as well as possible. All...

Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.
~ Anne Lamott ~












Here are the two best prayers I know: 'Help me, help me, help me' and 'Thank you, thank you, thank y...
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