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World's largest wind chime ~Guinness Book of World Records

My youngest brother graduated from college this past weekend.

So all my immediate family was together for it.

It was interesting because we haven't all been at my parents house in awhile, probably since I got married (which was 2009).

But everyone was present along with two spouses and three grandchildren.

We had a good time and we all get along.
But I discovered something, maybe we all did about each other.

Growing up we were all very different but we had a common challenge

We all handled it differently.

We all survived.

But some of us are now thriving

And some of us are barely surviving

And some are in between

The thing about youth though is that your focus is so self centered

I didn't realize that anyone else was going through what I was

And it makes me think of what could have been if only

We had been there for each other

We had talked about "it"

The wounds are deep

But deliverance is available

I know that regardless of what has happened

Regardless of what could have been

My path was chosen

My testimony stands

I have overcome

And when I think about the Lord...