One hundred forty

That's how many fingers and toes make up this family ~

It would be easy to think if you didn't know them, that they don't know heartache.  

But they do. 

Like most beautiful, happy, smiley, families, 

really. 

What makes this family remarkable (besides those one hundred forty fingers and toes....) 

is that in the midst of it all, beauty has always been intertwined in the brokenness. 

If only a faint glimmer at times, 

it was there. 

And as it often happens, it has made it's way to the forefront once more. 

Not in the way that anyone could have or likely would have planned, 

but better. 

One hundred and forty times better.