Life is a puzzle - sometimes it's as easy as putting 20 pieces together and other times it feels like there's 5000 that all look the same and will never be slotted in the right place together to finish the desired picture.

I hear you on so many levels...learning to accept things are the way that they are; facing those silenced battles...

Having kids is an incredible vice to either stay on track or get back on it. If it wasn't for my kids, I wouldn't be where I am today. They gave me life, hope, and a desire to keep chugging along. My motto 'back then' and still now is 'one step'. It may be in the wrong direction somedays, but often it takes backward movements to gain traction and forward motion.

Thanks for this heartfelt read, Chris.