I heard a quote this week that really resonated with me. It said, “I asked God for flowers, and He gave me rain.” I wasn’t ready to get what I was asking for. I needed to grow in many ways to be prepared to take on what I needed to, in order to fulfill my purpose. If He had just given me the flowers, I would have missed the growing season. I wouldn’t have understood the purpose. I wasn’t ready for my path. I had a lot to learn to understand what I needed to do in my life. To be educated to help the people I need to. For so long, I prayed and prayed, “please heal me.” I felt like I was placed in the wrong body. It just didn’t feel right. I felt trapped. The lack of answers was really God telling me to wait. I had to prepare. 44 years of preparation is a long time. As the puzzle pieces finally came together, the last one finally clicked into place, the bigger picture was revealed. In those early days post diagnosis, there would be times where all the incoming realizations were...