Okay, am I the only one who had like a pretty terrible January? No. I'm sure I wasn't. Everyone has their crap and I am not the only one. (Isn't that an EFY song?)
But like, when it rains, it poors, amirite? I'm not trying to complain, or get any sort of sympathy or pity or anything, but I just wanted to share all of the things. With one thing to say: not all of these things are my experiences, but have had some sort of affect on me.
1. One of my student's stepdad committed suicide our first week back from Christmas break. (More on that for another post.)
2. After having gotten in a wreck and fixing my car ($4000 dollars later, thank you very much) someone did a hit and run on the very bumper that I had just fixed.
3. My teammate is grumpy and everyone in the school can tell. I don't do grumpy people, right? Like, we know this about me?
4. Josh and Kristen moved across the country.
5. My friend is going through a pretty nasty divorce and pretty much has only Sadie and me to help her.
6. Sadie got in a pretty terrible car wreck. (She's totally fine and so are the other people involved, but her car is prolly totaled.)
7. Another one of my friends broke up with her boyfriend of like over a year. She has major emotional health issues that are playing a role in that break up.
Blah, blah, blah. I could go on forever. And probably so could you guys. But here's what I've learned:
1. Sh*t happens.
2. Sh*t happens to everyone. Not just you. Not just me. So like, "Get outside yourself, Hailey."
3. My heart hurts a lot for people. But I think I've just learned that I have more compassion than I thought.
4. Surrounding yourself with good people (i.e. Sadie, you guys, my family, Christ) is the only way through hard things.
I love the gospel of Jesus Christ, you guys. I love knowing that because of our Savior, getting through hard things isn't only possible, but probable. I'm grateful that, despite all the kinda sucky things that happen, there are so many great things that happen to us. Here's a video that I love if you guys wanna take a second (or 6 minutes) and watch it.
