The View I Do Not Have

Every now and then I read a blog from a woman who was terribly burned in a plane crash last summer. Her sister is a really good friend of one of my friends here, and that is how I first learned of Stephanie Nielsen. My friend, Jen, would tell funny stories about Stephanie's life and about her blog. Then when the crash happened I paid a little more attention to this woman and her life.

Today I read something she posted yesterday. You can read it here.

When Stephanie wrote about feeling sorry for herself and the hard road she has to walk (and make no mistake--her road IS hard) and how she sat by her dad with tears in her eyes and without having to say anything to him he said to her:

  "Everything is under control, don't you worry, it is all under control"

I cried.

We all have, at one time or another, a hard road to walk. For me, the goal is to keep moving. Keep putting one foot in front of the other, even if I go real slow.

My road just got hard and I wanted so much to talk to my Dad about things. Today I read Stephanie's Dad's words to his daughter: Everything is under control, don't you worry, it is all under control. It was almost like hearing my Dad talk to me.

And more than anything I need to remember that Heavenly Father is watching over me and my family and He knows what's going on and...

Everything is under control.

I don't need to worry.

It is all under control.