Deep Breath.

I am so thankful for these last few weeks.
They have given me a chance to breathe, process, relax and decompress. I have enjoyed my family in an intense way because I knew I had such a short time with them. I have crammed everything I love about summer into these three weeks.

Morning coffee and reading on the patio.

Family gatherings.

Corn, okra, dirt beans, and so many avocados.

So many pots of coffee and conversations around the kitchen table.

Trips to Huntsville and Chattanooga.

Being still.

Being silly.

Slowing down.

Sunshine.

Watching the lightning bugs coming out at night.

Driving with my windows down. 

Pool time with the Samster. 

And now the time has come...

Time to go.

Time to change.

Time to grow.

I am so incredibly excited. I might just burst. Usually this heart bursting feeling is only reserved for Christmas but Greece has become a huge part of my heart these days and I know the feeling will only explode when I actually go in a few short days.

¹⁰ 

"As the rain and the snow

    come down from heaven,

and do not return to it

    without watering the earth

and making it bud and flourish, 

    so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, 

¹¹ 

so is my word that goes out from my mouth:

    It will not return to me empty, 

but will accomplish what I desire

    and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

¹² 

You will go out in joy 

    and be led forth in peace; 

the mountains and hills

    will burst into song before you,

and all the trees of the field

    will clap their hands. 

¹³ 

Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,

    and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.

This will be for the Lord’s renown, 

    for an everlasting sign,

    that will endure forever.”

-Isaiah 55:9-13

This is my prayer. This is my strength. This is happening. 

Deep breath. 

It's time!