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Emotional Rollercoaster Circles —You Can't Go Home Again
"You can't go home again," is the book title that has been lived out as of late. It ain't pretty, I'll tell you.
My son leaves for his first duty station in less than a week. Getting thru these next days is feeling like living life one minute at a time. The Serenity Prayer is uttered frequently. I thought this was just a "mom" thing, but I see how this ride has impacted everyone in our circle: Dad, Mom, younger brothers, community, church, family out of town.
"None goes his way alone, all that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own." Edwin Markham
That is the good & the bad.
Yet, I know that even after this coaster ride is over...another awaits. “I have felt it like a glory in my heart,” also Edwin Markham.
And glory in one's heart IS a good thing, worth the heart-journey (or coaster ride). God must think I can take it! Surprise to me.
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Comment by Nancy69 on February 3, 2010 at 8:48pm
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:) It certainly isn't easy...but it sounds like you have some real inspiration and you are right... there is always another ride!! Be well...life as a way of leading us where we need to go even if it's somewhere we never thought we'd be...:)
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Comment by Marty Mc on February 4, 2010 at 12:18pm
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Cindi- Have you tried to climb Mt Fuji? Wow!
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