Dear Kate

Dear Kate,

No, your "real name" isn't Kate, but I wanted to be able to talk about you on my blog. My blog where I am Ellen, you became Kate. I confess I didn't even think about the name, it just popped into my head. "Kate" fits you so well. So Kate you are.

But I learned something after I had settled on this name for you. Do you know what Kate means?

Kate means pure.

Oh sweet Kate, you haven't felt pure in such a long time. How perfect of a name for you, to remind you always, that you are, in fact, pure.

You look in the mirror for your soul, and all you see is your darkness, your past, your grime. You don't see pure. Oh but when I look at you, I see redeemed. I see radiant. I see healed. I see whole. I see pure.

"We are all broken, that's how the light gets in." {Ernest Hemmingway}

You were broken, but you are mended, and the light shines through, dear Kate. Dear Kate! My closest and longest friend.

May you always know and rejoice in the purity He has given back to you. May you relish in His mercy and grace, and may you share that with others.

Find joy, sweet Kate, because you are pure. You do not bare the weight of your past any longer. He has made you pure. And you are lovely.

Xo,

Ellen