…He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. (Matthew 5:45)

Today, September 17th, as I write this I’m thinking about the storm that hit my life five months ago.  The day that flipped my world upside down.  The day that still doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.  The moment when joy from our vacation in California turned to great sorrow as I heard the news that my dad was in a motorcycle accident.  The news of my dad’s accident still lingers.  He still continues to fight for his healing.  The tears still come and I still have my rough days.  Thankfully, the rough days are fewer and farther between now.  But they still come every once in a while.  One of those days was yesterday as I sat reflecting on these last five months.

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