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Making Peace

Finding Joy

This song keeps playing in my mind...."here I go again on my own.  Going down the only road I've ever known.  Like a prisoner I am forced to walk alone....".  And each time it starts its eerie reverie in my mind, I take a breath and try to force it away.  I don't want to walk alone. I hate these dark days.............the ones that just seem to creep up and take hold.  All too often lately, the dark days outnumber the bright days, and I get consumed with fighting off the darkness that I have a difficult time finding joy.  For each moment that exists, I try desperately to find the joy, to relish in the mere existence of that moment.  Whether it be watching Whitney read or Kaitlyn play with cats, I want nothing more than to capture the pureness of joy emanating from these wonderful little women that are my daughters.  Truly.  What's wrong with me?  Why do I continue in this same struggle?  There has to be something about me that just does not work. I have long