Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4

I was just reminded of this verse. It holds so much promise for me tonight. I have been reading my own blog and found comfort in the words that God has given me to write.

This Christmas is going to be happy and sad.  Christmas has always been my favorite holiday.  One of my favorite Christmas memories is of you hiding behind a chair because you were in labor and you didn't want to go to the hospital. I remember laughing at you because I was not always kind in my youth.  Your son was born the next morning and I got to be there in the hospital the whole time.  I was young but I loved you fiercely and wouldn't have been anywhere else.

I feel as though I have been lifted partway out of a fog that I was sitting under for the past 6 months.  I was so focused on the immediate concerns that I could not see the future.