SOME OF OUR DEEPEST PAIN AND STRUGGLES PRODUCE SILENT TEARS. THESE TEARS CARRY STORIES OF HEARTACHE BUT ALSO GIVE RISE TO FAITH AND HOPE BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION.

"Ask, and it shall be given." This scripture was engraved in my heart from a young age. I was taught that if I prayed with faith, God would grant what I asked. And so I asked. I prayed. I believed.

But what I fervently prayed for never came to pass. Instead, it was lost, and with that loss began the darkest journey I have ever traveled. A journey that tested my faith, strained my marriage, shook my trust in God, and pushed my mental strength to its limits.