A Beginning

There certainly is a lot for us to discuss, isn't there? So much is happening to you. So much is going to happen to you. . . . and the events of life are bearing down on you whether or not you are ready for them.

Breathtaking twists and turns await. Things you can't anticipate, things you'd never knowingly choose, but that's just how life comes to us. My hope is that you'll not lose the wonder even when you are tempted to give up -- that you will be reminded that life's greatest gifts often come in packages that break our hearts.

Life is a series of lessons after all. Here is where I recall those lessons. I know I cannot tell these things to my younger self. (OH! How I wish I could!) I already know how the story turns out for me. But maybe there is another younger self out there somewhere who needs to know that there is life on the other side, that there are red flags you can recognize and that some things just don't matter in the grand scheme of things -- even if it seems like life is coming to a screeching halt and all your dreams will never come true.

May your journey be enriched. May you reach greater heights and experience joys I can only imagine.