coming back

i got out of the habit of blogging. big time.

it’s not that nothing note-worthy has happened- many things have. it’s not that i don’t have any stories to share from the past year-plus- there are oh so many. sometimes it’s just difficult to rediscover your voice.

and where do you start, how do you relate, 10 months of china, 2 months of home, 7 months back in hawaii, trying to re-start this life you had when every single thing that you thought you knew is different now?

because nothing, not one single thing, has turned out the way you thought it would.

but somehow i can’t help but know that everything will be ok. and someday, i’ll find the words to tell these stories. and i think that day is coming very soon.

stay tuned.

it was a dark & stormy night

it's raining outside.

thundering and lightningning and the wind is blowing.

it doesn’t do that too much here.

i love it when it does.

storms are awesome. not just their display of the strength of God and the beauty of the lightning and the way they make all things new, but there’s this kind a feeling of togetherness or strength or comfort. what is more comforting than laying in your warm bed as the storm rages outside?

i think sometimes i need to know that i will be safe, that i will survive and conquer and be better, and a storm does this. i will take comfort in the simple things i have and ride it out, and when it’s over there will be this new beauty and appreciation.

and when the storm is over, we will emerge, battered (maybe) but better, knowing that if we can face life during the storm, we can thrive even more so under clear skies.