Amanda's Birthday Poem!

After the CAVE

Every step I've taken,
every hill I've climbed,
every time I stumbled,
each way I pursued,
seeking truth and life
All the views I've studied,
and every perspective gained,
through the valleys I trudged
to the summits I reached,
Swamps I almost got stuck in,
sloughs of despond that threatened to hold me
every painful path, broken dream, false summit,
perplexing fork in the road,
and times when there was not a trail to follow,
only a scramble through the Brush,
every winding of the Road,
peaceful wayside rest, treacherous ascent,
have ALL led me to the Place
where I am Right Now,
and IT IS GOOD!
It is well with my soul.

- MNL 11/13/2015