November 10, 2025
We’re all on a journey from brokenness to healing.
Alex Lopes
You probably don’t know Alex, but he’s my cousin. He shared that line with me when I was going through my divorce a couple years ago, and I was fairly deep in my brokenness. I really couldn’t understand it back then, but I get it now. This is a journey we’re all on, and it never really ends. There’s no finish line.
There are some days you feel healed and whole, and then the next day the universe reminds you that life is not about making it to some destination, but rather experiencing the fullness of what it has to offer. The ups, downs, and everything in between.
Sometimes I think of the game Snakes and Ladders, which I loved playing with my brother on a small magnetic board that we’d trade in the backseat of our Mom’s minivan. Just when you think you’re going to make it, that snake drags you down from square 87 to 24. And you start all over again. It’s a journey with no ending. How beautiful it is, through it all.