Of Life and Tacos and God's Timing and Things.

Yes, I took a break from writing.
Life has a way of utterly exhausting you sometimes.
It's been a struggle with my health, family and other social stresses,
school, lack of tacos, and lots of other things that seemed to pile and pile.
Now that those few horrendous months have past, and the dust from the
piles have settled, I'm looking back in awe of the damage.
Of what used to be my life.
Of who I thought I was and what I though I was
Capable of doing. It's all gone now. All that's left is a timeline of
God's Grace and miracle after miracle.
Learning ad growing and trusting and living and dying.
It's a timeline.
It's a painting.
It's a story.
It hurts. It tears up everything you ever knew.
But its that thing of life that we just need to learn.
Gods ways are best.
Every single time. 

I'll leave it at that.
Blessings

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