About That Hiatus…

It’s funny how life seems to get in the way of all of our good intentions isn’t it?

A few years ago, I was blogging regularly, sharing the things I was going through and messaging with some of you who were going through the same things. A foundation was being built for something that has been on my heart for years…a place where others can come to see a non-perfect person trying her best to live like Jesus and continually falling flat on her face.

And then, well, life did just what it does best.

At the time, I was sharing the aftermath of a bilateral mastectomy which was the result of a positive PALB2 genetic test. I had veered from my normal content to detail everything I was going through in the hopes of helping another woman face the life altering decisions she may have been having to make, and I wanted others to know all of the information I had searched so diligently for but was unable to find.

Shortly after I began sharing, I had to have not one but two reconstructive surgeries, my husband had to have multiple surgeries for kidney stones, my grandfather passed, my father-in-law passed, and then we lost my dad. It’s been four years now since the last time I met you guys here. There has been a lifetime of events in those four short years, it seems. There has been trauma I am still trying to heal from and celebrations I am still reveling in. Along the way, I lost a job that I loved because of false accusations, found another career to love, began writing again, watched my son marry the girl of his dreams, watch my daughter marry the man of her dreams and welcomed a beautiful granddaughter to the mix.

So much love and so much loss folded in together. I sometimes wonder how we’ve faced everything we have in these last years and still walk in joy. But then, the answer isn’t ever really hard to find because the One who adores us is never far away (even when we have stepped away from Him).

We’ve sat at the feet of Jesus so many times I bet there are Chuck and Amy worn spots in the floor of the throne room.

And all of that has led to where I am now- finally picking up the pieces and getting back to what I love and what I know God loves me to do.

I’m gonna ask you to be patient with me over the next few weeks as I try to get back into the swing of things. I want to start meeting with you here again, talking about all things life and Jesus and finishing the series I started too (though that last one may come a bit later). I just wanted to hop on, say hi to old friends and maybe introduce myself to some new ones. After reading the last blogs I posted before disappearing, I see I’ve got my work cut out and Lord knows, there’s plenty for us to catch up on.

Have the best week, Ya’ll! I’m praying that if your eyes landed on these words, God provides exactly what you need exactly when you need it. (Even if it doesn’t look exactly like you want it to- which is usually what happens to me.)

I hope you all come back to walk along beside me. I can’t wait to sit down with you again.

Talk to you soon!

-Amy