Well, I've just finished my first week of what is to be a very different year in my life. I am still trying to catch up with this whirlwind that has been my life. I am trying to adjust to not having business as usual. It's odd to not be in active ministry and in the thick of everything. I'm not really sure at to think or feel about life. Even though I've been on "summer vacation" it still feels like going from a sprint to a full stop. I've been battling with illness and the transition of living by myself for 10 years to living with 4 other people. I'm in a new city without my friends and all that is familiar. It's a type of culture shock.
So, I guess you could say that reality is starting to set in. It's been great to spend time with my brother and his family though. My nieces are bundles of fun and energy. Hope starts Montessori school tomorrow so we'll see how that changes the routine.
I had a wonderful dinner with my friend Scott Miller last night. We met through national youth ministry work. It was great to catch up! Scott works for the Archdiocese of Baltimore and is a revolutionary of youth ministry and adolescent catechesis.
so on to week 2. I'm working on preparations for my upcoming journeys and trying to get back into shape. Hopefully tomorrow will start a new routine or regular exercise and weights. We'll see how it works.
Peace amigos.
4 comments:
man that would be hard to live with four other people all of a sudden .. :)
oh yeah its way nice to have this whole blog thing..im glad you have it
peace.
hadster :)
well girl, life is all about change, adventure and relationships. Guess you get to have all three at once.
This blog is a good idea ... you can put your adventures to pen and write a book about all your adventures, relationships and experiences encountered throughout your sabbatical journey. You do have a talent with the pen you know.
Well, I'm headed to Yuna again. It's only supposed to be 108 today.
Thanks for the update. Start that book it will make for interesting reading. Love ya. Dad
a book, well who knows. i do like to write, but i don't know what to say that anyone would care about. but i'm sure as i have more experiences it may get more interesting. let me know if i bore you to death.
what a grerat dad to have such positive things to say.
Hey Grav
love the blog. i check it every day! i hope that you are able to have some FUN this year. it's so easy to get caught up in the "busy-ness" of life that it seems like that's all there is. i'm enjoying learning what's it like to be without it by reading about your adventures. hang in there.
one thing i have learned is that life is about relationship, and that our paths cross the paths of others at times and places where they are meant to cross. there is a relationship(s?) that awaits you somewhere along the journey that is meant to happen. and no, i don't necessarily mean that mr. right will magically appear during the course of this year!! i guess what i'm trying to say is that i've learned that sometimes when we take a risk, the payoff is so much more than we could have ever imagined.
i know that you will come away with greater clarity, and a new vision of how your deepest passion can meet the world's greatest need...
love ya,
reath
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