im half way through a trip in the middle east & my head swims as much now as we did in the dead sea. and for the record, that included mostly floating, and a lot less swimming.
at some point there will be pictures, once i figure out where i was when i took them, but this has been more about observing & imagining than documenting. I'm rooming with april hoelke and mostly we laugh and talk. havent turned the tv on yet. honestly at this point, im not sure that ill ever buy cable. i just dont care enough.
.the day before we left, as i packed my bags, bri & sarah sat on my bed laughing. i took a phone call on the porch & when i came back in, they suggested going to charleston in the morning since i no longer had to ride the train. the currie alarm clock in the back of my head was screaming margins and initially i listened. but once i finished packing i said to hell with it because bri was moving and it was going to be the last time for a while. we'd go for the sunrise and be back before lunch time. it was a suicide trip, but i dont regret it in the least. went to bed & woke up at 2 to start the drive. got some gas, picked up bri, got sarah & drove over to stacies. so funny. dead of the night. recently ive wanted to do an early morning drive. there is a stillness in the early hours that is unlike any other time . it is beautiful and profound & i feel the Lord the most in those moments. we swam & skinny dipped beneath a blazing orange sky. it was incredible & liberating. something like feminists. its not something i would normally do, but there is something about salt water on your skin that heals. where rest is found. in good company. i was dead tired on my trip to israel but i was peaceful & happy. sometimes you do crazy things with the people you love if for no other reason than it says "i love you too". life has bee good to me
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at some point there will be pictures, once i figure out where i was when i took them, but this has been more about observing & imagining than documenting. I'm rooming with april hoelke and mostly we laugh and talk. havent turned the tv on yet. honestly at this point, im not sure that ill ever buy cable. i just dont care enough.
.the day before we left, as i packed my bags, bri & sarah sat on my bed laughing. i took a phone call on the porch & when i came back in, they suggested going to charleston in the morning since i no longer had to ride the train. the currie alarm clock in the back of my head was screaming margins and initially i listened. but once i finished packing i said to hell with it because bri was moving and it was going to be the last time for a while. we'd go for the sunrise and be back before lunch time. it was a suicide trip, but i dont regret it in the least. went to bed & woke up at 2 to start the drive. got some gas, picked up bri, got sarah & drove over to stacies. so funny. dead of the night. recently ive wanted to do an early morning drive. there is a stillness in the early hours that is unlike any other time . it is beautiful and profound & i feel the Lord the most in those moments. we swam & skinny dipped beneath a blazing orange sky. it was incredible & liberating. something like feminists. its not something i would normally do, but there is something about salt water on your skin that heals. where rest is found. in good company. i was dead tired on my trip to israel but i was peaceful & happy. sometimes you do crazy things with the people you love if for no other reason than it says "i love you too". life has bee good to me
