yes, it is a dangerous world
Yesterday twisters assaulted little towns in Alabama and Georgia, kids died, adults died, and an old man died. It's a dangerous world and yesterday many lives were twisted into despair. My heart aches for them.
Yesterday, my daughter lost control of her car during a rainstorm and had a wreck. No one was hurt. She's fine. This time last year, a driver ran a red light and totaled her very first car, again she was fine, uninjured. This time last year, my father was diagnosed with cancer, it was a time of danger, yet today, he's free of the cancer. About 7 years ago, was the big wreck, the one that tossed Annalise and I around like two cupcakes. Here we are to tell about it.
It's a dangerous world, yet there are moments of grace.
I warn my friends who don't have children, that having a child means that forever you'll have a piece of your heart and soul walking around outside of your body, out of your control, subject to the world. There is nothing you can do for them much of the time. Still, I highly recommend it. It's a good kind of heartbreak.
Knowing that the world is dangerous is like knowing that the sun will rise. It is one of the truths. There are other truths, too. There is joy. There is learning. There is the next sunrise, and the next and the one after that. There is the calm after the storm, the repair, the recovery, the resilience, and then, once again, there is the joy that creeps up on you when you don't expect it and reminds you that after all the destruction and danger, you have much to be grateful for.
Yesterday, my daughter lost control of her car during a rainstorm and had a wreck. No one was hurt. She's fine. This time last year, a driver ran a red light and totaled her very first car, again she was fine, uninjured. This time last year, my father was diagnosed with cancer, it was a time of danger, yet today, he's free of the cancer. About 7 years ago, was the big wreck, the one that tossed Annalise and I around like two cupcakes. Here we are to tell about it.
It's a dangerous world, yet there are moments of grace.
I warn my friends who don't have children, that having a child means that forever you'll have a piece of your heart and soul walking around outside of your body, out of your control, subject to the world. There is nothing you can do for them much of the time. Still, I highly recommend it. It's a good kind of heartbreak.
Knowing that the world is dangerous is like knowing that the sun will rise. It is one of the truths. There are other truths, too. There is joy. There is learning. There is the next sunrise, and the next and the one after that. There is the calm after the storm, the repair, the recovery, the resilience, and then, once again, there is the joy that creeps up on you when you don't expect it and reminds you that after all the destruction and danger, you have much to be grateful for.
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