Right now, I am praying for you. I am praying peace over you, in this time of confusion, in this time of contemplating why God would allow such a thing. I had a friend tell me recently, that God doesn’t waste anything. He doesn’t waste an opportunity to teach us, to show us His sovereignty.…

Hello, you. It’s nice to meet you. You look promising, like most new things do. I can think about all the great opportunities that you behold, and all of the new possibilities that could possibly take place. The new me’s that could transpire. You are hopeful. For most people at least. We look to you…

Today was indeed a sunny day. Severe clear, as the local weatherman used to say. My mother repeated the words this morning as we were getting ready. I looked out their bedroom window; it was something I always did as a teen. Everyone was in mom and dad’s bedroom on Sunday morning. The dogs, the…

It was a difficult thing for me to face. Going to a familiar place, an environment that I had come to know with you around. It was unfamiliar now— almost unsettling. That’s the difficult part for me, you see. I become more comfortable with places when there’s people I know. Most of us are like…