You know the old song, "Mama said there'd be days like this..."? Well, today is one of those days. One of the ones you wish you could erase. From finally getting it through your thick skull the guy you are interested in is not interested in you, to finding out that a long time friend was in a serious car accident, to having too much homework to do and not enough time to do it, to knowing that when you wake up tomorrow morning, the first thing you are going to do is go and fail a test because you haven't had a chance to study.

But there are always diamonds in the rough. Sometimes fewer than I would like, but they are there. God's little gifts. For instance, getting to know a friend a little better and hearing where God has brought them from in their life or talking to my best friend in Senegal, even if only for a distracted few minutes. And even as I sit here with a heaviness of heart that makes me want to crawl into bed and forget this day, I am thankful. Thankful for the love of the Father who is with me through this...for His love that I don't have to question...for His love that uses the awful things in life to reach people...for His love that will hold me while I sleep and will still be with me in the morning. So yeah, Mama said there would be days like this...but she also told me that God will be with me through them...and I couldn't do it if He weren't.