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         To rise and see clearly. To be creative and transformative. Calling and I listen to chapters in the broken, paragraphs in the pain with each setback becoming a setup, sitting and writing amongst the blessings of inspiration and poor choices that now blend together somehow and bid me tell our story.

          To the first house we've sought to live in, (where we currently live), that we've made the most of; with years of it's many new discoveries of "renovated" this and "updated" that. To the reality it wasn't seen by younger us until it was too late, who are now in it, walking through sorrows sting. To the family we became and the aged parents who now pray and consider what to do with their place and their next steps in being a family while following Jesus. Remembering how there have been good memories and good times in spite of the hard roads travelled through bad decisions.

           To the changing and bittersweet moments that say, "Speak!" and I do, painting pictures with words, driving nails with sentences and paragraphs, left indented poetic lines and an open soul. To another foundation laid, way made where this new home and new difference are built through this writing and these efforts. To hoping and praying with another time of writing where better is seen in soul, in perfecting a home and building inspiration to continue constructing until it's complete; remembering there's only failure if we quit and never rise from the hard knockdown we've been seeking to recover from over the years.

Sidenote: If any of the writing on this blog has made a good impact on your life in someway (EVEN if it was something you may have enjoyed reading for a particular reason), please feel free to share this blog with someone else who could be blessed also. Thank you for your support! 

Note on the piece: When I write about the journey to become a family here, this was NOT a setback, ONLY the challenge of becoming a family in our later years. It's difficult sure, but NOT a curse. I only mention it here because it's different, and a challenging journey at times (though worth it), navigating that road in later years (something we didn't plan on happening). 


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