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My nephew didn’t know who Jay-Z was. I told him, “You’re always singing the New York song with Alicia Keys.” He replied, “I didn’t even know the lady singing." I was confused. How could he know every word to a song, but not know the artists? Then he said something simple: “That doesn’t matter.” Sometimes wisdom shows up in unexpected places.

This week was hard. Yet, I grew. I adapted quickly. I grew up with a pastor for a father. One of the songs we would hear comes to mind often. In church, one of the elderly mothers would take her time and stand up and with or without a microphone, she would sing, “Lord! You don’t have to move my mountains. Just give me the strength to climb….”