My Dad Turned 70! And other news...
I’ve been thinking a lot about “perspective” this week. -My dad turned 70...old is perspective. -My chicken (Big Mama) died...so did an old friend’s child ...heartache is perspective. -I am disgusted with so many things about myself...and a child tells me, “You are the best!”...my value is perspective. There is rarely any truth in the perspectives of this world, and I am struggling to hang on to the hope of an exponentially better eternity...because sometimes that just doesn’t do much to help me through NOW. I can only make so much lemonade. I am running out of sugar, and we seem to be drowning in lemons. But...even when I am struggling and there are ABSOLUTELY NO ANSWERS, I will cling to my faith...if not solely because I’ve been dramatically convinced...then also because I am stubborn and REFUSE to be bested. Today, I tried to treat my parents to something uniquely special. It didn’t go as planned. We were completely forgotten by the obviously overwhelmed (and probably new)...