a love that always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

that tenderness that exudes joy in even the most mundane and even difficult of situations.

And the tears you have sown in your changing seasons will reap with songs of joy, too.

And it encourages me to remember the girl who fearlessly, bravely, and boldly believed that not even the sky was the limit to what she and her God could do together.

But what happens when a stigma is perpetuated for generations that is perceived to be complementary of a group of people, but it is potentially and covertly contributing to discrimination, marginalization, adverse outcomes, and even unfortunately death.