𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆, 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.

Does it feel really dark for you right now?

I've been there, both literally and metaphorically. At times, it can feel as if the sun will never come up again.

A few years back, while in the midst of deep grief, I read 'A Grace Disguised" by Jerry Sittser and found solace in the thought that "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒘𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒑𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆." Yesterday I was able to have a brief, yet deep conversation over DM about how God can use the pain/wounds in our lives to help us learn and grow. I was reminded how sometimes we have to lean into the darkness in order to reach the light.

I know this is an uncertain time, friends. I know that uncertainty can be scary. I also trust that this "new normal" is not permanent.

So the question is, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?

I'm here if you want to talk. While I have fears and have experienced my own highs and lows, I feel fortunate to have a background in stress management, transition coaching and resilience techniques and all of those skills helped me to turn my past grief and fear into opportunity and growth.

Please know you are not alone; the sun will continue to rise.