what a strange weekend it's been for the boutry's. amy and i had our world's rocked on friday (perhaps more about that in a future post). bottom line: it was really unexpected and hard. and yet, life doesn't stop...we both had significant assignments: amy helped lead and teach at Sojourn's women's retreat and steve taught at REUNION on sunday morning. both went well and were really good to be invested in, even in the middle of pain.
two thoughts come out of that: one is, we are so glad for our friends and community who walked with us through this weekend. the other is that giving yourself away, even when it would be easy (and excusable) to think about yourself and your problems is helpful and healing. probably in more ways than i realize right now.
so, thank you to our friends and family for being there for us this weekend.
