A sad day, since most of my immediate and extended family are in Chicago for the funeral of my cousin, Nick. I am so sad, and will never understand his decision to leave earth. He was so young, 23. This has dominated my thoughts this week, and my heart is back in my home state.

I need prayers for my continued journey of figuring a lot of things out, and what my future is going to look like as I look towards working outside the home again, working through longstanding issues, and being a child of God.