Not Your Typical Church Lady

"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life."

~Proverbs 13:12 (CJB)

This has been a year of hope deferred. All the plans and dreams we had at the beginning of the year were thrown into the trash like common garbage: proms, graduations, family vacations, community events. Even mourning was taken from us. There were no goodbyes and no funerals allowed. Every shred of light that was shining its way to us was shut off. All this deferral of hope, week after week, makes the heart sick.

Every time a ray of hope pokes its way through, it is short lived. Every time it lo...