2017…The Worst Year of my Life
It’s hard for someone who trusts the Lord to confess that she’s had the absolute worst year of her life! In my first two years of marriage long ago my husband was unemployed for six months and our marriage almost died. I had a year where I lost a baby I was carrying…a baby I wanted and needed. I had a year where one of my children was hurt in such an invasive and heart-wrenching way. I’ve had a year where I sat with a friend as her CHILD experienced cancer. I’ve had a year where I sat with a friend as her 2-yr-old daughter was BURIED. At 40 I moved 1500 miles from home and friends and just a little later my marriage dissolved and ended in divorce. In the next year I faced eviction and possible homelessness with three pre-teens. There was the year my oldest son and I had surgery just two days apart…at Christmastime. The next year I had Bell’s Palsy at Easter. I had a year where a new pastor was verbally and psychologically abusive…not just with me but so many others. I had s