The End of January Doesn't Seem To Like Me...

Wow, it's almost a whole month into the new year. I knew that this year would be full of new things, good and bad, but did the bad have to be so early on in the year? o_O

I tell you what, the past week has been one of the hardest weeks of my life....which the irony is that I was having a really hard time around this time last year as well. I don't think the beginning of the year likes me very much. Luckily, this year's hardships aren't quite as bad as last years....but at the same time it's still very hard.

In the past week, I have lost two friends...not that I'm no longer friends with them, but things have separated us. One of them, it's a separation of different countries, because she's gone to Italy Abroad. I've been separated from friends in many circumstances and in many different ways, and each time is harder than the first. Why? Why does it feel like these kind of things keep happening to me? I have come to realize that Satan likes to use what hurts you the most to get to you, and a big one for me is separation.

Because of this, I've been on an emotional roller coaster all week, and it hasn't been fun. No wonder I don't like roller coasters. :P But, you know what has helped me the most this week? Go ahead....take a guess.....did you guess? Other than Jesus......no Sunday School answers here.....give up? Okay, I will tell you.

My friends.

They have been a big support for me this week. Without my friends, my week would've been almost impossible to get through without really completely breaking down. Yes, I broke down in tears quite a few times, but I mean really break down, to the point of feeling like the world was going to end. But luckily, I have great friends who know how best to help: just to let me cry on their shoulder and comfort me, and tell me that everything is going to be okay.

I hope and pray that things start to look up. Today and yesterday were okay, so hopefully this is a good sign for me.

~Katherine Grace~