Spoonful of Sugar: When Life Feels Overwhelming

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you.”
Isaiah 43:2

Drowning was my greatest childhood fear. Because of my lifelong battle with asthma, I easily imagined the panic of being overwhelmed by water, fighting for a breath.

In 2008, our granddaughter Molly was born. That same day, her parents were told she wouldn’t live. The shock was like being swept off our feet by a tsunami. We all felt as if we were drowning ... in fear, in shock, in bewilderment, in sorrow, in grief.