Glory Around the Corner
"Keep your sunny side up, up, up, don't let your face get down!" sang the children's choir on my friend's iPhone. And as my friend sang along, grinning at me, I smiled back just to please her, wilting inside because I honestly didn't know which way was up. It has been a difficult year for me. Not that I haven't enjoyed it; I've just had a lot of opportunities to grow -in the dark. My smiles are real, but they don't last as long as I would like. I need to know if there is rest at the end of the struggle. Is it going to be OK, someday? Is it worth continuing on, or should I give up? ........ It was my senior year in highschool. I had just turned seventeen, after working a summer at a boarding school in Canada. School had been in session for a month or so and I was already completely overwhelmed, yet still pumped with adrenaline. It had been a very sudden transition from homeschooling, and I didn't know how to handle being around so many pee...