TBT: 2 years is a lifetime.

I look at the picture taken in 2013 and see those kids through the eyes of a different person:  one untouched by a storm, deeply rooted in her worldview, and expecting much from her own effort to grow these kids.

Now, in 2015, I see these kids through the lens fogged by a storm, with my worldview devastated but growing new, and expecting much from God's Grace to grow these kids His way regardless of my effort.

How can two years seem so far away?

How can so much hurt and heartache happen in 24 months?

And how can HOPE grow so big in a lifetime of two years? Only by Him who gives it freely.