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Still Growing
I am still growing. You reminded me of that as I was scrolling through my Pinterest feed. I am okay with that. Growing means I am alive. Growing means I am changing. Growing means I am learning. Growing means that you care. Most importantly, growing means that I am getting stronger. I am strong because of you. You fill me up with your strength. You care enough to remind me just how important I am by sending me little encouraging words through social media. You met me right where I am at. Through self-reflection, I find you there coaching me through those tough moments. I beat myself up through comparison…
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Rejected
I check my phone hopeful that there is a message waiting for me. Nope, not yet. I try to get back to work, but am distracted by what has been weighing on my heart, the hope of a job offer. I open up my main program at work and work on the next request in my queue. I know that I am not doing my best work, but I try to determine what the customer has requested and translate it into what I am working on. No luck. I eagerly check my phone again. Still nothing yet. I get back to work and start a new task which I think…
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The Perfect Moment
The other day it happened to be raining out. It was wonderful to have the rain seeing as it has been very dry lately. At one point, I noticed the sky getting brighter. I quickly ran over to the window to check for a rainbow. Sadly, I was disappointed, but I knew in my heart that there was going to be a rainbow, but I was just too early. You see, a friend of mine, her grandma was in her last days, so I knew there was going to be a rainbow. God has shown me rainbows before around the time of people’s deaths. It continued to get brighter outside…