Embrace the experiences, make the memories.

Make It Stand Out.

Take the pictures, go on the trip, embrace the experiences, make memories. One year ago Aspen and I spent one of the best weeks of my life in Cancun on her senior trip. I’ll forever be grateful for those days and those memories. They are what I cling to in the heaviness of this season. I miss that laugh and the smile that rarely left her face. I miss talking about all the other girls trips we wanted to take.

This journey sucks. Every day I have to fight to stay focused on Jesus. I have to fight to keep trusting that His plan is good. I have to fight to walk in forgiveness. I’m thankful for a God who is present, even when I’m broken and angry. I’m thankful that He knows what it feels like to lose a child and He understands every bit of my pain. I’m thankful that even when I don’t feel like He is good, my faith is strong enough to know He is good. He IS bringing beauty from ashes, He promises that that He will restore. I’ll continue to step and trust. I’ll look to Jesus for every bit of strength and hope and I’ll long for heaven with every breathe that I take. Step by step, one day at a time.

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” - 2 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬-‭18‬ ‭NIV‬‬