In an interview with Mother Theresa, a reporter asked her how she found the strength and hope to work day after day in the middle of so much suffering. Mother Theresa replied, “One day a long time ago I went to nurse a woman with leprosy. Her body was covered with sores. So, I began the slow work of tending to the sores up and down her arms. And when I reached her hand, I saw a sore in the middle of her hand that looked like it went though. And I thought to myself, My Lord has holes in his hands. Then I prayed, ‘Lord, is this you?’”

Who is Penelope? I guess that all depends on if you are asking who I am today, or who I was yesterday. If you want to know about the old me… that is a person I am thankful I no longer am. We all have a past; one filled with hurts and mistakes that are painful and sometimes even too painful to relive. Most of us do our best to forget those times along with the person we once were. None of us are perfect, yet it’s through those mistakes that we have become the person we are today.