You see, I have been in and out of the hospital my Anna's entire life thus far. She knows many of my frailties, though there are some there is just no need to share. It is our job to protect. To know when to inform, and when to keep silent.
My child has witnessed my extremely bad days and has shared in the very best. She has seen how I handle those days. With either grace and dignity or falling down in self-loathing, discouragement and disappointment when the tears just don't seem to end. I have tried to hide such moments, but living in our home together they eventually see it all. The good, the bad, and the really ugly. I guess it is how I have continued onward and made the choice to grow in such times and to surrender all to Him that Anna has found more than appealing. As it is His life that I freely gave Him years past. It is His Divine Will that I only want prevalent in my life. Nothing more. Nothing Less. I have found peace in my darkest hours. Kindness and joy have come through many a people, even strangers. And I hope to have been just that to them. To forward all that He has placed within me. To be Heather Jean Rios!
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7
