Joy among Clouds, Blessings among Challenges, Hope for Connection
Milwaukee, WI October 2025 I orignally wrote this post the summer of 2026 and chose not to post it. I have decided to post this at a random day and time. Only God knows. Life has continued to through various challenges my way and yes, I have broken down a few times. I am finding more joy among the clouds, more blessings among the challenges, while I still hope for connection. As my sister’s and I visited with my dad the last weeks of his life in October of 2016, we reconnected as the adult women that we have become. Though I am the baby of the family and am often seen through that lens instead of a 55 year old woman. I sometimes shake my head at it, but have given up the fight And allow them to see me as they want to. That time in 2016 was a very challenging time in our lives, especially for me. My emotions were sadly less about my father’s passing, and more about where I did or did not fit in that life. My parents separated and eventually divorced when I was 8 or 9 years old....