Watched Over in Ways I Cannot See
There are moments in life that pass so quickly we barely notice them, moments that seem ordinary at first glance but carry something far deeper beneath the surface. A car slows just in time, a delay shifts your timing, a path you almost took quietly changes. It is easy to brush those things off as coincidence and move on, but lately I have found myself pausing more often, reflecting on how many times my life—and our life—has been held together in ways I never even saw. Even just today, I can think of moments that could have gone differently, situations that might have turned in ways I wouldn’t have been prepared for, near misses that passed so quickly they barely registered in the moment. And yet, I am still here, still breathing, still moving forward, and I cannot help but wonder how many times that has been true not just today but throughout my life. The truth is, I don’t see everything. I don’t see the roads I never ended up on or the timing that was adjusted in ways I could never ...