Being refined. Stripped of all that I knew...All that I held on to. Often thinking to myself "I'll be ok once I know what my new-normal is"...only to realize there wasn't such a thing. Purifying....Sanctifying....Refining.... The title of this blog series first came to me when my late husband Matthew was in the hospital after brain surgery that had not gone so well. I was speaking to a newspaper reporter who had contacted me regarding Matthew's situation and prognosis. Really, at the time I ...read more