As I look back through the pages of my life
I see pieces marked with joy and some with strife
The hurt seems to stand out so much further than I’d like
It never fully goes away, though I always wish it might

But then I see
Someone smiling at me

And in a moment I’d go back down every broken road
I’d relive all the places that I chose to go
Through every single year
I’d cry every single tear
There’s nothing I would change
Nothing I would rearrange
I’d go through every heartache, every let down, every doubt and fear
I would do it all again because it brought me here.

by Hannah McMichael
Sept. 4, 2011