Today, I am so grateful to be joining Lisa Jo and this courageous community of writers who bare open their souls to share raw and true what pours from their hearts through their fingers, writing for just 5 minutes, after reading the word prompt. Today the word is CHERISHED.

And in the next breath, this is what I hear Him whisper,

“Through all the noise and the busyness of your day.

Through all the pressure you place on yourself and the struggles you have.

Through your lists of to do’s and your undone’s still on it.

Through your unforgiving self-critiques and the sense of failings that weigh heavy

for the impossible expectations you set so high — every step I take is one to be closer to you.

Every move I make is so that you would see how I cherish you.

Every Word I speak is so you would know I want to be near.

If only you could fathom how I adore you. If you would just know, how I love you.

If you can imagine the treasure you are, or that you’d bee considered a treasure at all —

how different each of your steps would be, and where they would take you so you could be near.”