Our first stop has been to camp for 30 days outside the Sisters area. We found an amazing campsite that has really clean forest right along a creek that will be perfect for splashing in on super hot days (if we ever get any this summer). There is no one around and we are able to let the dog run free, she takes off exploring and then comes back to nap.
It has been a pretty sunshiney morning so I kicked the kids out of the motorhome right after breakfast. Its awesome to watch their imaginations unfold out here in all of this wilderness. They are good listeners and stick together well so I don't worry about them at all.
Lexi suddenly became concerned that the Myra she loves so much would run off and not come back. She took off after the dog and of course the dog is faster and unconcerned with the kid.
Andon, with his laid back and calm demeanor, gently said "mom, I have been trying to find Lex to play and she is nowhere out here". Uh-Oh! This cannot be good. Sure enough, no shrieking 3 year old to be found. We rallied our troops and took off through the brush, it only took a couple of minutes but it felt like forever. I finally heard her little voice (of course, when we need her to be loud, she isn't) and she appeared through the brush, tears streaming tyring to find her way to us. I scooped her up and hugged her tight the worry gone and now replaced with relief and pride that she was trying SOOO hard to find her way back.
"Mom, I was so worried, it was like a maze. I was chasing Myra and it was like a maze".
Dang, smart kids. They always have a way of painting a clear picture for us stupid adults. Isn't that what the american dream feels like sometimes? We take off after the things we love and it traps us in a stupid maze. I can't help but wonder what God thinks when we do that, "dang, it. Lost another kid today". The best part is that no matter what maze Jeramie and I get ourselves into, God is ready to scoop us up when we find our way back.
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