This week marked the one year anniversary of…. of…
I can’t even find a word appropriate for that catastrophic event that ripped the world in half a year ago.
I just can’t believe its been a year… wow, time flies when you’re having fun…
Though it didn’t always feel like I was having fun.
I did make some unforgettable memories… I did form tight life-long bonds with a few super amazing friends, and we did laugh a lot (in between the gut-wrenching sobs)…
I did learn to … make it.
It was just a year of learning how to survive, honestly.
Sometimes I wasn’t sure I would, and I hardly ever did it well, and I made some horribly bad choices along the way, but I thank the Lord for His Amazing Grace, for always providing for our every need, and for surrounding me with amazing people who have been my backbone.
My eyes are tearing up just thinking about the handful of people without whom I never would have survived this past year. I’ve never been able to tell them exactly how much they mean to me and how grateful I am to have them… but if they’re reading this, they know who they are. I only hope I can be THAT GOOD of a friend…
I can honestly say that one year later I’m in a better place in every possible way. I have my kids (all but eight nights a month). I have a job that challenges me and exhausts me and … is a bigger job than I’ll EVER be able to do as well as I want to, but I love it (most of the time). I have a car that is exactly what I need, and it makes me smile. I have an apartment that I. LOVE. more than life itself (ok, that might be an exaggeration… but I just know I walk in the door and I smile and I’m content and peaceful here. THIS is HOME). I have amazing friends. I have a church that makes my soul complete. And all of this… the job, the car, the apartment, the church…all came about within the last horrendous year.
I can’t ask for more.
God has blessed me. Truly.
Today, I’m going to sit down and make my list of everything I want out of Year Two.
Its going to be the best year ever. And I can’t wait.
Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One Who is leading. The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting… Oswald Chambers
I can’t even find a word appropriate for that catastrophic event that ripped the world in half a year ago.
I just can’t believe its been a year… wow, time flies when you’re having fun…
Though it didn’t always feel like I was having fun.
I did make some unforgettable memories… I did form tight life-long bonds with a few super amazing friends, and we did laugh a lot (in between the gut-wrenching sobs)…
I did learn to … make it.
It was just a year of learning how to survive, honestly.
Sometimes I wasn’t sure I would, and I hardly ever did it well, and I made some horribly bad choices along the way, but I thank the Lord for His Amazing Grace, for always providing for our every need, and for surrounding me with amazing people who have been my backbone.
My eyes are tearing up just thinking about the handful of people without whom I never would have survived this past year. I’ve never been able to tell them exactly how much they mean to me and how grateful I am to have them… but if they’re reading this, they know who they are. I only hope I can be THAT GOOD of a friend…
I can honestly say that one year later I’m in a better place in every possible way. I have my kids (all but eight nights a month). I have a job that challenges me and exhausts me and … is a bigger job than I’ll EVER be able to do as well as I want to, but I love it (most of the time). I have a car that is exactly what I need, and it makes me smile. I have an apartment that I. LOVE. more than life itself (ok, that might be an exaggeration… but I just know I walk in the door and I smile and I’m content and peaceful here. THIS is HOME). I have amazing friends. I have a church that makes my soul complete. And all of this… the job, the car, the apartment, the church…all came about within the last horrendous year.
I can’t ask for more.
God has blessed me. Truly.
Today, I’m going to sit down and make my list of everything I want out of Year Two.
Its going to be the best year ever. And I can’t wait.
Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One Who is leading. The life of faith is not a life of mounting up with wings, but a life of walking and not fainting… Oswald Chambers
So happy that you have thrived in the midst of the pain. When you told me last year I was deeply prayerful and sad. Now, to hear where you are is great joy!