Thankful.

Thankful. I am thankful.

Bits from my prayer journal...

"Thank you, LORD, today, for friendship, for silence, for sadness, for staring. For the ache, that I know my soul is moving. For Kelly, for honesty, for my Smith aunts, for Kelsey, for rain and for sunshine, for writing, for rhythm, for a dulled peace that still sustains. For still 900% clarity and confidence about my job, and still students who love me and adore me, and vesa versa. For a place to be home, for now, for peace about this moment. For spiritual strength against a myriad of sin.

For wisdom to pause, and wisdom to push.

For a place to let my heart be. I am thankful for these things.

Thank you, Lord, for not giving me anger of questions. For the affirmed peace and confidence that you have given me in my life and my open situation. Thank you for the green pastures of friendship and open doors with your steady hand."

For all these things, I am thankful.

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I am thankful for this forum to process, to let my words out. For sometimes I do not know what to say, or how to function, but once I sit with my words, the world seems to measure, to weigh out again and find a realm of equilibrium. Whether anyone every reads any of these posts or not... This place, this space for words, is a beautiful gift to me. A place for me to be, to process, to live through it.