Ray of Sunshine

Fireweed. God had placed a burst of color amid the land of the dead and it was then that I got this analogy for my life. I have suffered tragedy. While the details are not all that important what is important was that it destroyed my life as it was. It came through my life with such intenseness and heat that I feared I would not survive it, and often I prayed I would not to as the pain got too intense to bear. I felt like I was alone, I felt no one would or could unders

You know life has a way of creeping up on you when you least expect it. You are going along thinking all is well and then WHAM! Out of the blue comes the unexpected. Whether it is a sickness, a death, a job loss, children or the loss of, breakdown or break up of a marriage or relationship, or even teenagers, these things comes without warning and after you endure their ravages to yourself and your family, you are never, ever, the same. Sometimes it is quick, sometimes it