Tough times

This past month's hiatus was intentional. We have been navigating a painful family crisis, and internet space wasn't where I planned to process anything. We're out of the acute, immediate, fighting for each day phase, but unwinding all this will take a while.

So here are some general reflections on the past month:

1. Choosing to not hide allowed us to experience a lot of love and grace from many directions.
2. I did not always know what I needed, but I was needy.
3. The crisis was big enough to be clearly not fixable, and this was freeing.
4. When the abiding presence of a loving God was all I could hold on to, it was enough.