Honestly, the first quote I could think of came from Jessie Reyez during a TED talk she did: (forgive me for the language)

“It seems like the writing’s on the wall: ‘Life’s a bitch.’ But I prefer the way my Colombian dad pronounces it: ‘Life’s a BEACH!’ The irony’s poetic. So, I think sometimes it’s best to ride the wave instead of drowning in it.”

I feel these words so heavily as I continue the craziness that is my life. In a few weeks:

1) My car overheated, had to get towed, and had to get worked on, which meant, I had to pay a ton of money to get it fixed.

2) I started feeling physically ill and weak, and eventually would find out I had some sort of virus that I would just have to take ibuprofen and tylenol for, and ride out

3) My car stalled in the middle of the road (thankfully, I got her back home this time), but she had to be towed again

4) I rolled my ankle filming a TikTok/Reel, so now I have to elevate/ice it when I can

5) Today, I came home to my dog sitting in his own diarrhea in his crate

I’m pretty sure all of these things could relate to the first part of Jessie’s message. They all suck; as soon as one thing was resolved, here came another. But to balance out this blog post, there have definitely been some positives:

*I didn’t have to pay the second time my car was towed. The mechanics failed to tighten some hoses so they did their work, and returned my car to me, free of charge!

*Even though the doctors couldn’t tell me what kind of virus I had, I was grateful I didn’t have anything like strep, or even COVID again

*My poor dog honestly was a champ through the whole clean up process, even though he did jump out of the bathtub once 😭 overall, he was a good boy for me, and that made things helpful!

I can’t lie and say that throughout all of these things, I was riding each wave before they hit. Every wave caught me by surprise, and at times, it honestly felt like I was drowning instead of swimming or riding. In hindsight, I feel like I did my best to stay positive, and to trust that God would handle things in His way and in His timing. But it’s human to feel some sort of distress when these things happen.

Mishy 🦋