Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”

That is just what we did; we hung on for dear life.  Every shred of the rope was another ounce of sanity gone.  John and I never lost hope, but we were certainly prepared to accept disappointment.  Knowing that these struggles were preparing us for much better times, we continued to pray and ask God for guidance and reassurance.  There were, however, times that we did not think we had the strength to survive the challenges we were facing.  After all, God does not give us more than we can handle.  He must have thought we encompassed extreme superpowers.