Sophie's Song

My daughter and I love to watch the movie Parent Trap. One of our favorite parts is when the song, "Here comes the Sun," is played.

Every time I here the song, I think of Sophie. The song cannot be played in our house without Sophie passionately dancing around singing loudly.

I love the simple moments in life, even when the sun is literally not shinning, but my soul is loudly singing, "Here comes the Sun".

I remember after 6 months of intense weekly therapy, a few years ago, I was sitting on 'my sofa' in my shrinks office and said,"I'm at the point in my journey where I can keep coming to you and play victim (and be enoucraged to play victim) or I can choose to use my pain to help others...stop focusing on the whys and starting focusing on what is my role with my past pain...how can I use it to empower others and honor my redeemer"

I was convinced the sun was able to shine - even when darkness was trying to keep it buried. I knew it would be extremely painful to let sun break deep buried darkness (because shame and anger like to put up 'stone' walls to break).However, I knew once the sun exposed the darkness - that darkness was never going to get a hold of me again - even though it tries often to this day...

Whenever I hear the song, "Here comes the Sun", I think of Jesus, my redeemer, my "Sun"...Thank you , sweet Sophie Claire Amy, for reminding me my "Sun" is with me....and is available to anyone who wants to embrace the truth that Jesus is an almighty redeemer and healer.