...We Get Up

It may seem that I fell off the side of the earth, almost as soon as I got started blogging. And I do apologize for that. I've had several growing experiences in the past year and I thank God for the experiences that He's blessed me with. As the song goes, "We fall down, but we get up." And, I'm back up and running. Okay, not so much running, but moving and shaking anyway. It was about a year ago that my life was introduced to new challenges.

Those challenges included issues at work, issues with my family and issues within my social life. The issues were typical life circumstances. But, they came around a time when health issues that I had for several years continued to get worse. Then despite the awesome start I had at the beginning of 2008, twelve months later, I was diagnosed with Lupus.

The diagnosis itself didn't set me back. Though, it took me a while to accept that this is what I have. The pain and fatigue had been getting progressively worse. I began to narrow my responsibilities down to what I actually had to take care of. Well, temporarily... until I could group and refocus. Which leads me to today.

My plan is to focus on the things that I can do and leave the rest to God. The year has been a lesson in endurance, faith and patience. And though there have been times that I fell down, I'm back up. And, I hope that in itself can be a lesson for me to fall back on - in the future - to help me a long my journey. But more so, a lesson for others to be blessed with when they're faced with life's challenges... And to be blessed with a closer Father-daughter relationship, as I have been. Be sure to come back and visit www.wovn.org in the future, to get information on my Into the Light event, in April 2009.

I wish you peace, love and joy!