I guess we have a new normal. I mean, we have all been profoundly affected by what we have been through over the past, almost, year. Clara has made huge strides toward normal. She is losing weight and laughing a lot. She is running around like crazy and being too loud! She wears me out and I LOVE it.
The rest of us are still adjusting a little. It is strange because I guess I thought that when it was over, it would be over. But it looks like it may never be over. I feel like I am still changing every day through this. God has shown me so many things and continues to reveal Himself to me. When I think back on the support that we had during the really hard times, I am amazed. The people that God placed in our lives to come along side of us and support us and hold us up with prayer, just blows my mind. The people that crossed our lives because we were in the hospital that we were able to then pray for also, has been such a blessing. The way that I have learned to trust God. I mean, He really showed up. He really held my hand.
As I write this I can think of so many people who are hurting. So many people who are dealing with illness, job loss, marriage problems, uncertainty in their future. And I just want to reach out to them all, to pray for them and to share with them the peace that can only come from giving up our hurts and fears to God.
I am so thankful for my family. I am sooo thankful for my husband. God gave me a real life partner and we really leaned on each other through this process and it has only brought us closer. I am thankful for my good friends, the ones I can call in the middle of the night. But I am also thankful for the people that I have come to know and grown to love, probably only because Clara was sick.
Trust in the Lord.
Take time to be thankful.
Count your blessings.
Reach out to someone.
