Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday and Morning Moments with John O'Leary.

As you know, by now, I record these each and every

week so that you and I and our community can begin these days and our weeks in awe and on fire

with a burst of inspiration. This one, it's a good one. Get ready for it. We're going to

begin this one with a quote from my buddy John, Mark Green, who wrote,

Beautiful are those whose brokenness gives birth to the transformation and wisdom.

Well, my friends, with intensifying conflicts around the world, ever amplifying political tension

here in the United States, and persistent personal challenges we all deal

with daily, it's easy to feel lost in the seemingly growing shadow of darkness. And yet, there are

examples around us of individuals who survive unspeakable heartache, remarkably heal, and today reflect light

into a world that is longing for it. Few individuals personified that more beautifully and more

brilliantly than my friend, her name, is Ken Meeter. At just nine years of age, Kim was taken out of school by a family friend and driven in

strained silence to her grandmother's house.

Kim remembers the lady driving the car, wept the entire trip, and was unable to speak with

the little girl, not even once.

Not one word was shared.

Arriving at the house, Kim got out of the car

and walked to the front door, still unsure why she was even there. A relative came racing to greet her,

kneeling, with tears rolling over her cheeks, this woman shared with little Kim that her mother

had been shot that morning and that she was dead.

Before the gravitas of the news even sank in, this person shared something even more devastating.

Kim's dad, this is Kim's hero, we're talking about, was the reason why the mother was dead.

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