It is well with my soul....

Today has been a long day for various reasons... the work day was slow, so I know that it allowed the day to drag on. I got home and woke Matt up from his nap and we had sloppy joe's and macaroni and cheese for dinner. I always feel like such a kid when I eat these two items together for a meal. Funny enough, I feel like Mac and cheese is a comfort food for children, but might be a sign of depression or poverty for adults hahaha.... 

Anyway, recently, my family lost a dear friend, Pat Heavner, to a rare, aggressive form of cancer. I hate cancer. It really sucks... it sucks in animals, it sucks in people. Can we find a cure already? I don't know that there is a better way to say it, other than that this sucks. Anyway, I need to drive home and spend just a few hours with my mom and dad and Pat and her family. Though she won't be there in person, I know that she is there in spirit. She always had such an amazing spirit. I remember spending my time while I was a child picking daffodils across the road, while my mom got her taxes done with Pat or just while visiting. I don't think I'll ever pick another daffodil without thinking of Pat. The other day I was driving through UGA's campus and saw a hillside of daffodils. I thought immediately of Pat and how they were my favorite flower. What a wonderful memory to have of someone.... to think of someone when a flower blooms during the most beautiful, promising time of the year.

A hymn I love makes me think of Pat throughout this week... Matt is probably tired of me singing it while I'm doing other things in the house, but I think it's beautiful...

"When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,

When sorrows like sea billows roll...

Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,

It is well, it is well with my soul"

RIP Pat Heavner... You were just wonderful. Love you.