Seeds of Change: Growing Through Life’s Hardest Times

I have been away for the last two weeks, and I want to begin by saying thank you for your patience. I also want to apologize for my absence. I have been adjusting to the loss of my son, and this has been a painful and deeply personal time for me.

Yesterday was my birthday, and with it came reflection, interruptions, and the reminder that life can change in a moment.

That is why Seeds of Change speaks to me so strongly right now.

Change does not always arrive the way we want it to. Sometimes it comes through joy. It can come through new opportunities. But oftentimes it comes through heartbreak, loss, and moments that leave us trying to find our footing again.

Still, I believe something can grow even there.

A seed looks small when you first hold it. It doesn’t look like much. But inside that seed is life, possibility, and the promise of growth. I believe the same is true in our hardest seasons. What feels buried may actually be planted.

I am learning that grief can plant deeper faith. Pain plants wisdom. Disappointment plants clarity, and hard times plant purpose.

For me, writing has always been one of the ways I process life. Writing helps me tell the truth to myself. It helps me sort through sorrow, hold onto hope, and make room for what God may still be doing.

That is the heart behind Seeds of Change.

This season has reminded me that growth is not always outspoken. Sometimes it happens very quietly, in tears, in prayer, in reflection, and in the choice to keep going one day at a time.

Wherever you are today, I want to encourage you not to give up on what may still grow from this season of your life.

Reflection question: What seed might God be planting in your life right now, even in a difficult time?

LaWanna