‘tis so sweet

“𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭.”

I remember watching the Forest Gump movie years ago. This was pre-marriage. Pre-infertility. Pre-kiddos. Pre-diagnoses. Pre-“ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ʜᴀs ᴍʏ ʟɪғᴇ ɢᴏɴᴇ”.

But when I saw this bench, the movie line flooded back. It felt ironically strange yet truthful how that simple line had been so evident. Each twist and turn and pivot that was needed-even if unwanted in my life-was a mysterious taste that I prayed would be welcomed sweetness.

Sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs sᴡᴇᴇᴛ~ sᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇs ɪᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴡᴀsɴ’ᴛ.

Nevertheless, each piece taught me lessons, made me stronger, deepened my character, and grew my faith. Aɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ sᴡᴇᴇᴛɴᴇss I ɴᴇᴇᴅᴇᴅ.