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Thanks Deb.

I think that's the thing.  It's easy to talk Jesus, but walking Jesus can really suck sometimes.  It's not all rainbows and unicorns, but often entails struggles, pain, and loss.  But perhaps that's the point of the incarnation.  Jesus endured everything the world could throw at him, and he remained grace-filled and forgiving to the end.  Perhaps there's a lesson in there somewhere. :-)

It will be interesting to travel this road.  The girls are dealing with the emotional uproar that usually accompanies a major upheaval like this.  I fully expected it, but that hasn't made it any easier.  Hally is having a more difficult time because the one time she's visited, she didn't say what she wanted to and now she's dealing with regret.  She's beating herself up over not speaking up, and it's hard, as a parent, to see her going through that.  Ashlyn bought her mom a present for Christmas because she felt bad about her Mom not having any, so they'll get a chance to visit this week.  It'll be interesting to see what Hally does with a second opportunity.