I posted this on Facebook on August 28. Which marked one year after Hurricane Harvey.
"I
am not the same person I was a year ago. Harvey changed me.
We along
with so many others we know lost our homes and everything we held close.
I lost the sense of security my home provided for me and my family.
But
today I am focusing on the positive. I am choosing to see God's hand in
all of this. I know it was only by His grace, peace, and timing we are
where we are today.
I'm not discounting the
struggle to get here. It was tough. The emotional ties to certain items
we lost still makes my breath catch when I think of them and still
brings me to tears. And even thought we had a brand new home 3 months
later, we were still fighting with the insurance company for another 4
months.
However, in the midst of all the chaos I always felt peace. I
felt God's presence and knew he would take care of us. I am so grateful
for friends, high school classmates, family, and strangers who helped
us. We are so much better off today than we were before Harvey.
God's
timing is always perfect."
It has been a whirlwind since I posted this.
Between all the memories of the one year anniversary stirred up combined with the Facebook memories which weren't helping either, I was feeling a sad. I had a Facebook memory pop up two days later that had me crying at the words R1 spoke.
There has been so much sadness that only piled on to those memories. This past week our community lost two teenagers in a tragic car accident. R1 had known one of them since kindergarten and the other since 8th grade, he even took her to their senior prom in May.
So as you can see it's been a hard week.
But again I chose to focus on the positive and the one who gave me faith and hope.
