Dear friends who are here,

I could use a little pick me up prayer today. I said I’d be true to myself in this place even when it’s hard or embarrassing… the truth is I am overwhelmed with work, which I am thankful to have, there is the need to make a living, but also overwhelmed with the need and excruciating desire to make a life, one I’ve put off, longed for, and prayed for, way too long.

That may sound so crazy, it does to me as I type the words. The anxiety of having a mind that is heavy with worry and fear and frustration, not just for me but others I care about, at the same time as a heart that carries the same… all the while my heart carrying also the elation and excitement of all the things I dream of doing, that are all right there within reach, but which necessarily get tucked in a drawer, and hopefully not forgotten. Along with those thoughts come guilt for wanting to do the things I want to do and not have to do… oh what a roller coaster some days can be, huh? I know someone reading this may feel the same or be struggling with your own anxiety, whatever it is… and you know, I’m going to say a prayer for you right now whoever and wherever you are. Love you, mean it! CG