There is always hope, or so they say.
I went out to check on my garden after being gone on vacation. I had asked my teens to water while I was away and for the most part they got it right. But alas, they missed the beautiful pot of mint that I had finally gotten to grow back after a long rainy winter.
It looked really dead but I watered it anyway thinking that maybe, just maybe, there might be life below the surface. There was! A week later a sprout appeared and I marveled. I just stood there thinking (always dangerous) about it and this led to my feeling hopeful about a lot of things.
Life isn’t always as it seems. It can look very bleak and discouraging, but there is often a turn ahead.
How many times have our children gone through a difficult stage where we think, how in the world is this going to work itself out?
The good news is that there are seeds of growth deep inside our children and they are moments away from erupting into change, into new life. There may be steps backwards, sure, but truly momentum is going forward.
Love and patience are like water, they can bring a miracle.
Hope.
– Sara