A Unique Season

These last two months, we traveled as a family to the Pacific Northwest to be with loved ones through cancer treatment far from their home.  It was a unique and serious situation and it was an honor to be there.  While I don’t have any nice words to say about cancer itself, I could not miss the way little moments and opportunities feel more poignantly beautiful.  They say that happens – almost more crisp and full of light somehow. Also, the way people reach out from all different directions and give – a car to use, a home to stay in, a guitar to play, prayers and words of encouragement, a warm meal after a chemo day, a memorable day kayaking, a buoying visit from loved ones…even the homemade quilts in a host family’s rooms felt like a hug somehow.