Good news & some Persistence

My heart aches for the textbook worthy events we’ve witnessed in a short few months. Fear, uncertainty, chaos... who knew these would be the words to describe 2020?

I have so many things to learn. I wish to stand on the shoulders of those who have done well before me. Our failed adoptions would have made our family multi-ethnic. I still pray for those boys. My heart aches more now than ever before for their futures.

The immunocompromised and at-risk populations have lived at a new level of fear over these last few months. Many have lost what they have invested everything to build in their small businesses. Socially isolated people have faltered and failed at their mandated shackles.

So. Much. Heartache.

I won’t forget these few months for my own health journey. While the world is seemingly crumbling around us... please, no more hornets, locusts, tornadoes, or earthquakes! My health has been on the rise... finally, improvement. It’s an enormous clash of emotions for me. Big emotions all over the place.

So, I share a bit here with you. I recorded this video before the protests started. I was thinking COVID. Somehow persistence with our values/goals seems even more fitting with the race fueled fires surrounding us.

May we who value equally all of God’s created people.

We who value respect for the service of our police force.

We who respect the property and investment of courageous small business owners.

We who respect demonstrating our solidarity with the black community as they wrestle a system stacked against them.

We who value at-risk lives against a virus that respects none.

We who value the lives of those for whom quarantine and shut downs threatens everything.

May we persist in the small and scary efforts to build a better future.

I hold these in tension with each of you. I hold the numerous risks as best I can while they keep overflowing my arms with the enormity of all of the real and important issues today.

But, I have good news at the same time. I hope my bit of good news lightens your heart. May we persist with good.

Blessings,

Steph