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Dating
Expectations
Reality
It is a truth universally acknowledged that dating is not all that it is made out to be
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An app that shows you where there’s a young man in possession of a good fortune who must be in want of a wife
Letters on Sundays // Horatio Spafford, 1873
FANGIRL CHALLENGE ♔ fifteen pairings {1/15}
↬ Anne Shirley & Gilbert Blythe (Anne of Green Gables, 1985)
“Say to my soul, ‘Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.’ Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered for so long.”
Thankful God finished everything, so that we can enjoy and share in His victory!
(Requested by @fallingintoaworldoflight)
These tough bikers have a soft spot: aiding child-abuse victims. Anytime, anywhere, for as long as it takes the child to feel safe, these leather-clad guardians will stand tall and strong against the dark, and the fear, and those who seek to harm.
The girl chewing on her lip was abused by a relative, according to police reports - someone she should have been able to trust. He’s not in the state any longer, but the criminal case is progressing slowly, so he’s not in jail, either.
He still terrorizes her at night, even though he’s nowhere near. She wakes, heart pounding. The nightmare feels real again. She never feels safe, even with her parents just downstairs.
The unruly-looking mob in her driveway is there to help her feel safe again. They are members of the Arizona chapter of Bikers Against Child Abuse International, and they wear their motto on their black leather vests and T-shirts: “No child deserves to live in fear.”
What Rembrandt knows is that a biker’s power and intimidating image can even the playing field for a little kid who has been hurt. If the man who hurt this little girl calls or drives by, or even if she is just scared, another nightmare, the bikers will ride over and stand guard all night.
If she is afraid to go to school, they will take her and watch until she’s safely inside.
And if she has to testify against her abuser in court, they will go, too, walking with her to the witness stand and taking over the first row of seats. Pipes will tell her, “Look at us, not him.” And when she’s done, they will circle her again and walk her out.
After all the bikers introduce themselves, Pipes holds up a small vest covered in patches, just like the bikers’ but made of denim instead of leather. On one patch is the girl’s new road name: Rhythm, for a girl who dances and plays music.
The bikers are all volunteers, giving five, 10, 20 or more hours a week. There’s no reimbursement for gas or the time they take off work.
The bikers must be tough, not only to protect the kids but to be able to stomach knowing what their young charges may have been through. An 8-year-old beaten by Mom; a 6-year-old molested by his mother’s boyfriend. A girl, 10, raped. They are trained by a licensed mental-health professional affiliated with the chapter. Each biker must be fingerprinted and undergo a thorough criminal-background check, the same one required for state child-welfare workers and law-enforcement officers, before they can join the group.
They are bikers, not Boy Scouts, so if the background check turns up an arrest or a stint behind bars, they can still be in the group. The crime just can’t involve children, domestic violence or something comparable. They visit children only with permission and only in pairs, so no one is ever alone with a child.
The bikers aren’t looking for trouble. They are there so the kids don’t feel so alone, or so powerless. Pipes recalls going to court with an 8-year-old boy, and how tiny he looked on the witness stand, his feet dangling a foot off the floor.
“It’s scary enough for an adult to go to court,” he says. “We’re not going to let one of our little wounded kids go alone.”
In court that day, the judge asked the boy, “Are you afraid?” No, the boy said.
Pipes says the judge seemed surprised, and asked, “Why not?”
The boy glanced at Pipes and the other bikers sitting in the front row, two more standing on each side of the courtroom door, and told the judge, “Because my friends are scarier than he is.”
& yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord, is my strength. { Habakkuk 3:18-19 } Thankful for such a beautiful place to remember how great my dad was and how great my God is.
How wonderful to look upon images made for worship while realizing all the while that the most beautiful things in this building are not the works of art, but the people created in the image of God gazing upon them. Thankful for an art class making me go to a museum and for this sister who came with. (at Timken Museum of Art)
Have everyone seen this picture of the Danish cop playing games with a little Syrian refrugee on her way to Sweden?
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My staff came to see my home. They are pretty much the best. Love this fam. ❤️ (at Coronado, California)
Han and Leia named their son after Star Wars superfan Ben Wyatt
Greek is better with Better Buzz. #ifitlookslikeallimdoingisgreek #itskindoftrue #biblemajorlife (at Better Buzz Coffee Pacific Beach)
Oh, AR.
This is the one, friends. This is the celebrity death that I was not prepared for. The one that I had spoken to friends about...”What are we going to do when Alan Rickman dies?” A while ago, my sister, my cousin and I set off on a quest to watch every single Alan Rickman film. This has led to a love of his acting that I cannot quite put into words. Alan Rickman was an incredible actor. He did it all and he did it all wonderfully. Though our list will now forever stay the same length, our love for Alan Rickman will grow with each film seen. Today we lost a great man and a great artist. RIP, Alan Rickman. You will be missed.