I've always felt like I didn't quite fit in. From that girl at GCS who felt completely invisible to the way I still feel most days...my social circle has always been miniscule. But that's not the kind of not fitting in that I'm talking about. I'm talking about the idea of: "Being IN this world, but not OF it". For SO many reasons, 2020 made the gap even wider for me in that regard. I know without a doubt that this world is NOT my home. And I have felt less and less comfortable being a sojourner in it as the struggles of this world have become more and more contrary to all the things I hold dear. My heart's cry is more and more: "Jesus, come quickly!" We all know the horrors of 2020. I really don't want to re-hash them or give them anymore space in my brain than what they've already stolen. 2020 was filled with all manner of disappointments from things being cancelled. All manner of fear and lies and evil. All manner of reminders of w
2020 has been the year of EVERYTHING being cancelled. Am I right? All the things we have been looking forward to since mid-March have not happened. So here we are, one week out from Thanksgiving & Luke's first basketball tournament...and all I can be is "cautiously optimistic" that things will go as planned. I can't really be excited. I mean, we were literally on the road heading towards his MAC Tournament game on March 12th when we found out the tournament had been cancelled. Every time we've gotten our hopes up that something was going to happen this year, it has been snatched away from us. So "cautiously optimistic" is the best I can do at this point. Luke called me yesterday to give me an update on some things, and I 100% expected him to tell me we were no longer allowed to attend. Thankfully, he didn't. He just shared that we aren't allowed to talk to him inside of the arena at any games this year. 'Cuz you know, talking to someone