Have you ever been truly confused? Such has been the case with me more often than I care to admit. I often struggle with my ‘sense of direction.’ I remember when we took our daughter, Lindsay, to college. It was a very emotional event, especially for Joni. We enjoyed the excitement of the new adventure until it was time to say ‘goodbye.’ At which point, Joni was so overcome with emotion that she couldn’t speak without sobbing. Joni, Garrett (our son), and I drove away from the Greenville NC campus in absolute silence. But I couldn’t remember the way out and soon found myself lost, confused, and increasingly frustrated. As I reached out to Joni for assistance (this was in the day before GPS o
Recently Joni and I checked a trip off our ‘bucket list.’ Okay, we don’t actually have a ‘bucket list’ (a list of those things we want to do before we ‘kick the bucket’ – die), but we traveled to a place we had always wanted to visit. We vacationed for a week, with our daughter, in Australia. I saw a kangaroo ‘up close and in person.’ We petted and posed for a picture with a koala bear. We hiked the Blue Mountains (their version of the Grand Canyon). We walked and biked on several of the most beautiful Sydney beaches. We climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge, saw the famed Opera House, toured the Royal Botanic Garden, and ate plenty of fish and chips! It was a memorable and enchanting trip. But