One Day You May Awake: Be sure to take a long look at your surroundings because one day you may awake to a new day of joy and tranquility. I really do believe this. The tests and trials that you may be facing are temporal, not eternal. There are challenges in life that are designed to try our faith and they even try to tempt us, but one thing I know for sure: trials come to make us stronger, so don’t let them weaken you. Learn from your mistakes and don’t apologize for your past. Take this opportunity to build strength by swimming upstream, while everyone else is flowing downstream. Be courageous, even if it means standing alone in difficult times. Don’t ever give up. Keep pressing on, and one day you may awake to the smell of my Strawberry Buttermilk Pancakes! They are to live for!