We are home for a few days after our snowy travels and some of the best boys volleyball Logan's played since Southern CA. So thankful to take part in such a great caliber of competition. It has brought out the best........

This month has been insane, as life often goes. Good news amid times of grief; joys and journeying through. Since the start of this year, it has been exploding as I said it would. From an engagement early on, to the passing of a loved one..... life keeps moving. And we move with it........

If we don't, we "die."

In my reflecting over the past few days, I find it pretty hard to comprehend that my family will be or have said goodbye to 3 family members in 4 years. If my heart could not go on, I would fall faint based on the sheer shock of it all.

But rather, I choose to will myself to find hope. It is out there, but more importantly, it is within.
"Christ in me, the HOPE of glory." Better days always exist. I speak them into existence.

As we drove through blinding snow and walked in very cold temps in recent days, a part of me thinks "this is ridiculous. Why????" LOL But I remind myself I need to and choose to have an appreciation for the "seasons" that usher in renewal.

Yes, at times it is not comfortable. I would prefer to not go through the change or deal with it, and even be near a Southern CA beach LOL. But it is going through the changes in which I find myself growing incredibly stronger. Tougher. More resilient.

Grace over the Grave. 2016