Spring Break

Hilton Head, South Carolina

It it time to leave this place. 

I always, every time, no matter what, proclaim that I do not want to leave.

I want to freeze time, but that wouldn't be good or right...But I also do not want to face what is around the corner for us.

This trip is so much harder than any other. 
We only had a few days, and they were great and beautiful days, but I wish we had a week here. A week to sit and just be together. To hug each other, walk on the beach, and laugh and giggle. To not think about the past or the future, but to be present in what is. The present is scary, not gonna lie. I don't for sure know what is around the corner for us except that Jesus is the only thing we are sure of.

As we sat along the sand and watched our children play in the cold water, we reflected. We marveled at how the kids have grown and how resilient they have been over the past few months. We looked at each other and embraced the beach hair and sandy clothes and held our hands tightly together....ready to run into battle, and thankful we didn't lose ourselves in this one. 

Jesus as we are searching for you in all things, we desire to embrace the freedom you are offering. We run this race toward you. Be ever so present over the next day....and may we exhale with deep confidence that you love us, you care for us, you are with us, and you go before us. Be with us Father.

It's never goodbye, it's always see you again.

-Karen

Your Will Lord, not ours.