We're Back!

Well we made it back to Joplin!! I have some of the best teammates let me tell you! On our long trek back, they let us go about 20 minutes out of our way so that I could stop by and see Dad's grave. I hadn't been down to the big ole city of wp for several months so having that experience was awesome! I got to reflect on how much has happened and how much i have grown since Dad's passing. I would not be where I am today if that incredibly difficult experience had not happened. 

I wrote a poem last year that sums up what I have been thinking lately.

I, too, am an American

I can be looked as someone to be sorry for

My father passed away with cancer 1 year ago

Never will I be able to be walked down the isle

I'm the one people don't talk about their dads too

Or change the subject when I try to talk

I will never be the same

Today I live

I walk to class, work, live

I pray nobody goes through what I saw

I trust that my creator will bring me through

Happiness is where I can stand

I struggle

I pray

Yet,

People question why?

I can still be happy

I, too, am an American 

All I can say is Blessed Be The Name of The Lord! My God knew he had great things in store for my life and that I needed to experience a great tragedy in my life for me to overcome and do them. God is good and knows the best things for us even if it is taking away one of my loved ones.