Journaling:
Our world has been upended so much in the past 2 years. There hasn't been much that we could count on. At first, I was paralyzed and worried about everything, but finally, I turned off the news and just lived my life. One of the things I did was dive into the past. Not to escape the world, but to put some of the worries into a better perspective. Our past shows us that no matter what happens, we will survive. Things might be different; even markedly different, but we will survive. Looking at this picture of my Mom's family put that into a new life. They were poor as poor can be, but in the end, they wound up having a wonderful life, kept their faith, and moved on. So that's what we do.
