I am in the “after” of a difficult situation.  Most of 2013 involved a personal battle against breast cancer.  What I began to see during that assault on my body was that my words most easily flowed after the situation I was in. It didn’t matter whether that situation was inspirational or challenging.  I was compelled to write. Last year those “afterwords” were most often expressed on my caringbridge site.

I wrote after diagnosis, after surgery, after worship, after family visits, after chemo, after travelling, after eating, after radiation, after gifts, after crying, after just about anything.  And in that writing, my thoughts were cleared.

For me, disciplined and correct writing led to right thinking.

I want to keep thinking and writing that way.  I want to look for God and His lessons in all of life.  The wonderful and the yucky.

I want my afterwords to give Him praise. Because that is right. To give Him praise.

Happily ever after, beth