Time...

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: 

a time to be born, and a time to die; 

a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; 

a time to kill, and a time to heal; 

a time to break down, and a time build up; 

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; 

a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 

a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; 

a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; 

a time to seek, and a time to lose; 

a time to keep and a time to cast away; 

a time to tear, and a time so sew; 

a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; 

a time to love, and a time to hate; 

a time for war, and a time for peace." 

- Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 

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I feel like while there are a lot of things in this passage that don't pertain to my life here in Peru. But yet, there are things that do. Especially today. I don't want to explain what's going on. But my heart is hurting. I am fighting back tears. And I am ready for a hug from my mom, a day on the couch with my dad, a date with Spencer and a chance to just be home in Iowa. My safe place. My refuge. My heart hurts... and I guess now is the time for crying and mourning.