When our family was fractured
Splattered on the sidewalk into disparate pieces
And I didn’t know how to put it back together
And I wasn’t sure if it was ever going to happen
Because I didn’t know how to do it
And I wasn’t sure if God could be trusted to actually do it
There was one unshakeable idea

God could do it
God could help our family get stitched back together

I had no expectation that it would happen quickly
No thought that some miracle would take place overnight

I had no expectation, honestly, that God would fix our family
But I believed that God could
Change was possible
Things would not necessarily stay broken forever
God could help stitch our family back together

I latched my hope onto that singular idea
God could
If God decided to

And now years later
I can see the steps toward healing that came in surprising ways
I can see new growth
Where once destruction and pain crowded

No amazing miracle
No instant change
But little steps
Tiny openings
Where life 
And love
Made a new start

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