Home

Home ~ it is good to go away because coming home reminds me of why I love home. Home for me is not the house we live in. Home is sitting down at the kitchen table with a glass of iced tea or a cup of hot coffee and talking with Pete and/or our children. The topics of conversation vary from our family to the farm to what needs to be purchased at the grocery store as well as a myriad of other topics. I love to learn what they are thinking and planning and dreaming. Pete and Renee came in today for a visit after getting home last night from their month long trip to NYC. We looked at slide shows on their computer and talked about their plans for Bulgaria. We talked about God's work in our lives and the lives of others. I cherish these conversations. I would briefly think of "this or that" that needed to be done today and then remind myself that the "this or that" would be there when I got up from the table, but these precious conversations could not be recaptured. I often think of the passage in the Bible where Mary goes to speak with Elizabeth and after their conversation the Bible says that "Mary treasured all of these things in her heart." I have many such conversations treasured in my heart. Ummmm ~ home ~ it's just good and today was very good!