I am going to “ramble” about how I hope you will do as I say and not as I usually do. As I ramble, early in June, I am anticipating a trip to Greece with my husband Bob and son Will. Will graduates from Ohio State on June 13: this trip is his graduation present.
Greece! I am so excited! Corinth, where Paul shared the Good News. Byzantine churches and monasteries. Museums filled with art and artifacts from a foundation of Western civilization. Delphi, Mycenae, Olympia, Crete, Santorini – land, mountains, and islands, of sacred oracles and pirates, foreign invasions and miracles. Yet, I am eagerly anticipating something about this trip much more: two weeks with my family. We haven’t spent two weeks together for more than four years. That’s what happens when your curious kid grows up, goes to college, and chooses work sites like New Hampshire and California, all blessings, I admit. Yet please, do as I say. Spend more time with your family and friends. Talk together. Sit down at a table and share a meal with no electronic intrusions (and if this is difficult, keep practicing!). Better yet, prepare the meal together, too. Walk together. Weave your communal stories and make music together. Laugh. Cry. Play.
Share this extraordinary gift of life … unhurried, undistracted … together.
Do not wait. Time beckons, as do your family and friends.
Every blessing until I see you July 4th!
Karen+
