2017

if i were to sum up this year, i'd say that this year has been like a really deep, long, heaving sigh.

a sigh with notes of grief and gratitude. a sigh that brings back sharp yet familiar pangs but also nostalgia-induced smiles. a sigh that comes with the hold and the release. a breath so deep, it hurts. bitter and sweet, all at once.

or i'd say that this has been a year full of tears. 

it's been a really long year. but oh how the time has flown. oh how the year has passed.

this year has been one that i wanted to hate, but couldn't; yet when i wanted to like it, i couldn't help but hate it.

so, so bittersweet.

but time goes on, and the next year must come. as bittersweet as 2017 has been, i know 2018 is a fresh invitation to trust You and to taste a new flavor and dimension of Your goodness.

so bring on 2018. His grace is never going to run out this year, the same way it never has every year.