Remember Two Things

These two Post It notes are affixed to the base of my computer screen so I can read them several times daily.

I remember something my Mamaw said to me on the phone last year. We were chatting about discouragement and such and she remarked on her history of battling the blues. Resolved to it, she says, “I think I’m just turned that way.”

That’s when I realized, me too. Every once in a while I go through a darker season when a little black cloud floats overhead, and it’s usually combined with a series of unfortunate events to make matters more difficult to juggle. Such is a time as this.

So the Post Its are here to remind me to extend grace, to ask for mercy, to love fully, and to be patient in all of my relationships, my children included. This too shall pass. I just wanted to share these thoughts in case you needed to hear them.