Road Trip
I think I must be losing my mind. For some crazy reason, I thought it would be super fun to take the whole family in vans with 25 other seminarians to Virginia for a 24 hour trip. Eek. The trip turned out to be really a lot of fun, but man is it a ton of work to get a family of 4 out of the house for an overnight trip.
The official reason for the trip was for the annual football game between our seminary and the Virginia Theological Seminary. We had a very enthusiastic team this year and for the first time we were ahead in the first half of the game. They ended up winning 28-8, but we have never held them to such a low score before. In many respects it was a huge victory for our team.
Mostly I wanted to go on the trip because we spent the night at the Phillips’ house. It was so great to spend time with them. Holly was so gracious and wonderful, as she always is. Jonathan is as cute as a button. Claire is so grown-up and beautiful. It just rejuvinated my spirit so much to spend time with them. It was particularly special for me to be with Jonathan this weekend as Monday is his 5th birthday. I can’t believe that it has been 5 years since we flew to Washington to be there at his birth. All that turmoil and craziness and fear, it still amazes me that he has such a fabulous life. God is good all the time, all the time God is good.
It was hard for me to leave. I just wanted to snuggle up in Holly’s house and feel safe for a while. I wanted to be with family, with people that really know us and really love us in that way that long-timers do. There was such a feeling of relief and love in their house. Sigh. But, no time to stay. We all hopped back in the vans and returned home, arriving 25 hours after we left. It was a whirlwind trip and I’m totally beat, but totally glad I went.
