Climate Whiplash and Time with Family

This “messy middle” time has meant some fatigue and a sense that we are slogging at times, one minute feeling at home and the next feeling a vague travel weariness.  While a job and projects are in the works, this season also means freedom to see family, to enjoy our surroundings as much as we can as a family, and the chance to debrief our years overseas at an awesome program.  Along the way, we’ve seen such beautiful scenes, pulling out snow gear and jumping into the ocean both in the same month.  We’ve been learning about paradox, the gift of holding extremes in our experience (beautiful moments alongside gritty hard seasons in our memories) together in tension and learning to practice gratefulness for all of it.  This time can come with fluctuation of all kinds.  It is meaningful to note that there is a lot of beauty along the way.