Good morning…
“We travelled through dark moments together,” writes Katherine May on page 120 of Wintering. “I won’t pretend it was fun. But it was necessary all the same. We raged and grieved together. We were overcome with fear. We worried and slept it off, and didn’t sleep, and let our timetables turn upside down. We didn’t so much retreat from the world as let it recede from us. We howled out in pain to our friends and family, and were surprised that so many rushed in to assist us, sometimes with practical support, but sometimes just by sharing stories of their own. It helped. We felt broken into pieces, but at the same time, never so loved.”
The experience of wintering takes many forms. A divorce. A betrayal. A mental breakdown. Infertility. Extended singleness. Loss of a loved one, people or pets. A break up. A job loss. A dire medical diagnosis. Failure. Financial ruin. Family estrangement. The experience of wintering takes many forms.
I have a special word of caution for you who are sure that you have it all together yourselves and, because you know God’s revealed Word inside and out, feel qualified to guide others through their blind alleys and dark nights and confused emotions to God. While you are guiding others, who is going to guide you? (Romans 2:19-21, MSG).
We can winter at any age. In the short movie summary below, it is an unwanted move across country that turns inside out the life of an eleven year old girl.
…Sue…
