How to Practice Joy (Even When It’s Hard)

My cell phone rang while I was at work. I picked it up and closed my office door. “My mom called,” my fiance, Billy, told me, his voice small and quiet. “She and my dad were denied visas for the wedding.”I sat silently for a moment, stunned. “What?” I finally asked. “But they met all the requirements!”“I know,” came the barely audible reply.I was dumbstruck. I knew Billy had violated immigration laws by overstaying his tourist visa, and as a consequence of that decision, we were walking together