Now at the late hour, there was not many actual things that I could have done to find a solution. But the constant analysis made me feel as if I was taking steps to find an answer so I kept brainstorming.

A few weeks ago, we were talking through the reality of leadership and submission. Not a popular topic, but a very valuable one.

Home is where you are

Old friends will at times become strangers

As you grow and change

It is powerful to say outloud to ourselves and others that we are richly blessed with more than we deserve.

Then we enter a season of waiting. For the Christmas holiday, we wait in eager anticipation because we know what we are celebrating has already happened.

Our grief and pain are significant to our Savior. But I also know that to choose joy in not to overlook or deny pain. It is in fact a way to redeem it.