Overcoming

… have the strength, ability, and stamina to achieve the things I’ve achieved.

Yet here I am, despite the odds, despite the miles, the pain, the humiliation, shame, and self-doubt.

I never thought I’d …

It was (and continues to be,) a day-at-a-time journey which required patience, willingness, and humility.

God was and is my rock. Without Him none of this would have been possible.

Overcoming only began when I finally stopped running and turned to face everything I’d run away from for thirty years.

It was a long time coming.