Finding Hope in Hardship
“The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.” -One Art by Elizabeth Bishop • • These are the opening lines of a poem I once recited in middle school. I saw it and decided to recite it again for a college poetry class. In the 5 years since I memorized these words, they perfectly depicted the losses, sorrows, and grief I would experience. • • I was the last to graduate from my middle school before it closed, days into freshman year was the Great Flood of 2016, and my dad was diagnosed with cancer weeks later as I was cut off by someone thought trustworthy. A teacher reached out and became a great support until things went haywire. Some drama split up my friend group and I turned to her. She sent me a Novena to pray, but on the 9th day my situation got 100x worse. I stopped believing in God bc that wasn’t the miracle prayed for. In August I wasn’t allowed to walk into school without signin...
Girl you’re super nice and friendly, you should have never had to do that 💕 thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteThanks Tori!! Haha I just saw this whoops.
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