Seasons

 I just want to say how I love this season of blooms in my garden. 

Every week as I go out to prune or dead head, 

I have the joy of collecting a bunch to put into vases.

It's June. 

We've watched Landon, Koen and Jack play their respective sports ...

 soccer, flag football and baseball.

And let's not forget Lacey playing vollleyball, 

Evy singing  in a spring choir concert, 

Teddy participating in track and field

and winning a speach contest.

Also, as the school year is ending, 

Natalie came home with a drafting award. 

It's a season to embrace as all of them find their place. 

As I'm writing, I'm also pondering the end of a specific season,

one that I have not been able to put in writing yet.

But know for sure that I've been treasuring it in my heart for a while.

Our Indonesia family has decided that living apart is not ideal,

and so Tehya and Paeton, who were babes when they left us, 

have now paved the way for all of them to return.

In just a few weeks, they will all be here ...

And there will be no goodbye to follow anytime soon. 

Somehow I just never imagined processing this. 

One day I may write about how this missionary life has impacted me

and how I can say it's been good!

What I find hard to believe is that, now that the time has come,

I tear up for them as I see them taking care of last things ...

last class taught, last day of school, last flight.

Letting go of their dreams, but having fulfilled them well.

 

Our jungle pilot is coming back. 

Our daughter is coming home.

All of our grands will be here! 

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