LOVE!
The past few weeks have been kind of hard. This girl trying to save her sand castle is kind of how I feel. So I've been kind of sad. But sometimes losing things that don't come back can be like joyful in the same way losing things that do come back is. When you think you've lost your phone you are devastated, especially when it's a phone you really liked. Maybe it's new, maybe it was expensive, maybe it had precious information and pictures that you know you'll never be able to duplicate. When you find it again you are OVERJOYED, and feeling the depth of the loss makes it all the more joyful. You go around that day so glad that you didn't lose your phone...even though there are countless other days on which you didn't lose your phone. I have been sad, but also overwhelmingly grateful for all the things I DIDN'T lose. I've probably cried as much out of gratitude as I have out of frustration and disappointment. My room ma...