TIME FOR A CHANGE (March 10-22, 2018)

We left the relative warmth of Tennessee with Sherry's brother and sister-in-law and pointed the car north, through Kentucky, toward Pair-a-dice Point @ Camp Clifford in Indiana.  The six hour drive went without incident and we pulled onto the property and exited the car into the cold Hoosier air.

This was to be a time of change.  Our stream (pictured above) was flowing with spring water.  When we left, it was frozen over.

It would be time to change up our luggage for our next trip from winter wear to spring wear.  In would be time to celebrate a change for Sherry's mom, as her birthday moved her from 88 to 89.  It would be a time for me, to change my cardiologist and my dentist.

It would be a time to regroup and prepare for our seven week stay on Edisto Island in South Carolina.

It would be a time with family as we were able to watch our granddaughters play volleyball in a huge event in downtown Indianapolis.  Games were played for three straight days from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m.!

All in all, it would be two weeks of doing some things that had to be done.




REFLECTIONS


I am becoming more and more aware that life is a bunch of stops and starts, doing and redoing and undoing.  It is an ongoing exercise in change and adjustment.  Just about the time you think you have something figured out...bam...it changes.  

It looks like the weather in South Carolina will be in the 70's and 80's during our seven week stay....bam....the forecast changes to 60's and 70's!  It looks like the dentist appointment will be for a cleaning...bam...a bridge comes loose!  Need I go on?

I have determined that, for me, to be blessed in my life, I have to understand the cadence it brings; the rushes and the rests.  Life is a symphony with all the beats and rests, all the majors and minors.  It is what it is!  And as we learn better to sense its movements, we will better be able to enjoy the melodies it provides.

As I wait out the final two days of cold weather before heading south, I will enjoy the crisp air and the occasional snow flake in the air.  I will enjoy the long drive and, after arriving in South Carolina, I will enjoy whatever tune that life orchestrates.