It is a phrase often preached in the face of hard times in multiple ways in multiple phrases. "This too shall pass" "Everything will be fine" "It'll be OK" there are different ways that this will manifest.

One question, what happens when you're OK? When you're OK and everything is slowly turning back to normal?

You're finding balance after learning lessons. You're now different than you were before and the next chapter is about to begin.

The storm has settled more than 5 months ago, but now is the time that everything feels normal. It seems that I have been waiting for all the water to dry up and this awkward metaphorical weather to change.

This storm was probably one of the biggest downpours I've ever had in my life. Everything felt like a dead end. I felt like I was walking up the stairs and halfway up I'd come crashing down and break bones.

The storm was rough, a lot of the time I sat where I was watching as the wind blew over trees and caused a lot of damage.

But then, the weirdest thing happened. School started up again. I started making some new and cool friends. I started falling in love with my classes and the people in them. I've been making midnight runs for French fries and big old bags of gummy worms. I started feeling much better. Things started to pick up and I started feeling like I had a heartbeat.

It takes a while to gather your bearings when the storm blows over. But then comes the calm, then comes the moment where everything is OK and you go on day to day.

Another storm is going to roll in, life is going to keep throwing a lot of things that I don't think I can handle. I'll handle them anyway. I'll wait for the mess to fade away and for a new chapter to begin.