GOOD FRIDAY, EASTER SUNDAY. TOUT VA BIEN...ALL IS WELL.

I love this photo. It's one that I've taken in the past that I actually really like.

I chose it today because of something you'll see at the very end of one of the songs I chose -- CeCe Winan's Alabaster Box.

The first song, though (also by CeCe Winans) is entitled Mercy Said No, and it paints not only a beautiful picture of Easter but also of my life. I so wanted to share it with you.

The same can be said of the second song, Alabaster Box, but on a much more personal level.

We women put on a good face, we apply the makeup, the smile, the great shoes and we forge our way out in the world on a daily basis.

But often, there is the other "us".

The woman who maybe falls asleep with tears in her eyes that no one ever knows of.

The woman who wishes the past would quit haunting her so she could enjoy today -- and the future.

The woman who has never felt so alone -- yet lives every day amid masses of people, chaos, and noise.

Oh, we women know how to stay busy alright. But there are those moments.

Those quite moments when all is not well. And we wish we knew how to quiet the loud, constant nagging sound that keeps steadily tapping inside our heart.

I had one such nagging tap, tap, tap. Like the tortuous sound of a leaky faucet.

I had it all, but had emptiness inside. Do you know that feeling?

Circumstances beyond my control and what I now know as miracles led me to a complete turnaround, though. I've never been the same and the tap, tap, tapping has been replaced with an inner calm and peace (regardless of outward circumstances) that

nothing

else

in

this

world

ever gave.

So, it is on this Good Friday and in view of Easter that I dare to share with you my story -- the reason I can truly, truly say "tout va bien", or "all is well".

{I know it's from Christmas, but its the only photo I could find of my front door for some reason. The enamel plaque on the door is there all year 'round, and it says simply "Tout Va Bien" meaning "all is well". And it is...}

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