Yep, It’s a Good Day

Have you ever woken up feeling that you are about to have a really good day?  Have you ever felt that way although you have no justification for it except for the endorphins in your brain?  I recently woke up feeling this way for the whole upcoming season of my life (and for my country), and I’ve gotta tell ya, it feels really good!

The past year or so has been an interesting one.  It is hard to describe the combination of the absolute bliss of being newly wed to a DREAM of a woman with some of the most difficult life challenges that I have ever faced.  In all of my life, I have never felt the pressure of difficult choices as heavy as I have in the past several months.  I’m not even talking about the earthquake.  Until late last year, I had never truly understood what it meant to be stuck between a rock and a hard place.  Now I know.  I know it so well that I could give you a tour, if you’d like.  (If you’re wondering, “What the heck was he facing?” you’re probably never gonna know.  The details are irrelevant and I’ve resolutely elected not to share.)

At the same time, through all of this, I’ve never felt joy as sweet as when I am with my beautiful, intelligent, sweet, loving, wonderful, faithful, and emotionally strong wife of 282 days.  She has helped me in more ways than she could imagine as I worked to navigate us through some of the most difficult situations that no one should ever have to face, let alone a newlywed couple.  Words could not describe the joy we find in each other, but at the same time, there are no words to express what we found ourselves moving into.

Then suddenly I’m emerging, as if from a dream.  It’s come so very suddenly, and ironically, exactly 9-months (40-weeks) after I went on a hiatus from most of the outside world (i.e. since the wedding day).  That’s one reason why I said I was “giving birth.”  On top of new things going on, it’s like I’ve become stronger, more refined even.  I feel like I’ve grown up by decades.  Even my value system has been tweaked and I see the world with new eyes.  My whole world has become clearer and it has finally joined my side again.

Tomorrow is gonna be a great day.  I can feel it in my bones.  And for me, it’s not just the endorphins in my brain.  I’ve got evidence and proof.  If you want to read more about HOPE, then hang in close during the coming weeks.  I’ve got a whole lot of it.

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