{heavy heart}

i have been absent from here i know, juggling a few more balls than usual.

i have alot to fill you in on, but, my brain can't even pull itself together enough to do that. my heart is incrediably heavy.

i have several friends who are traveling through the darkest days of their lives right now; i feel so helpless. and, that is an agonizing pain in and of itself. what words or actions can i do to comfort? to encourage? to help? to love them?

we were never promised a life without obstacles. we were never promised a life without pain. and, if we aren't there today, we know it lies in wait in the road ahead of us.

but, thankfully we do have God's grace. and love. and mercy. and arms. right now, those arms are wrapped around many. thank.you.dear.God.

but, on a brighter day, i will return and post updates on the boys, how they make me smile, how i'm beginning to treasure things i have not in a long while, how perspectives have been changed, how i am being stretched - and, i will give you some giggles. i may not tell you about running over our dog. not the puppy but, ponner, the one with 21 lives. and, i won't tell you i did it one my bike and that he limped away in better shape than i did. i may give wise advice that it's not good for a blind dog to go running/biking with you.