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Do you ever feel like life has sort of passed you by? I talked about how I sometimes feel politely ignored  in another post. Maybe you feel like you drew the proverbial short stick. Maybe it's just me - but I had so many dreams and plans that were jerked out from under me with that one phone call. It can feel like no one really understands what we are going through, not that they are expected to. The caregiver's cave becomes an alone place - but a safe place for us. I was thinking along these lines this morning and a verse came to mind. It took me a few minutes to find it as it's not really a super familiar one, to me anyway. It's in Exodus12:40-42. The New Living Translation reads this way:   The people of Israel had lived in Egypt for 430 years. In fact, it was on the last day  of the 430th year that all the Lord's forces left the land. This night has been reserved  by the Lord to bring his people out of the land of Egypt... What stood out to me was that...