Well, today is our last full day of vacation. Tomorrow we
will pack up the car and head back to our homestead in NC with hearts full and
refreshed. As everyone on the last day of vacation, I am sad to see it end. It
has been a wonderful time of God and family, which is just what I had hoped
for. I know Ben will be glad to get back to his sweet girlfriend and Callie
back to being silly with her cousin Sharon but I’m thankful they have had a
great time here and didn’t even complain when the Wi-Fi signals would crash.
Lol! O, what a different age we live in. Matt and I pained them through stories
of our vacations growing up when there were no smart phones, only dumb phones
that you actually had to pay for a long-distance call. There was also no
FaceTime or texting. Yes, we lived in the “dark ages” or so they think. Ha! But
we survived to tell about it and it didn’t kill us.
This wasn’t a fancy vacation. It was just getting away from
the fast-paced routine of our lives for 8 days and slowing down in the beauty of
God’s creation. We cooked every meal, except one, and did laundry just as we
would at home. It has been the simplest and cheapest vacation we’ve taken. Ha!
Which was a blessing because just like everyone else, money doesn’t flow freely
(especially this year! Lol!). We are definitely thankful for this timeshare we
invested in 16 years ago! J
Today’s agenda consists of cooking my family a big breakfast
and lounging around until our time on the lake. Then we will head to the pool
for our last afternoon and grill
out one last time tonight on our back deck overlooking the woods as we watch
the deer run by and our cute little bunny we have seen almost everyday. We will
do some laundry so we can arrive home without the dreaded piles of “vacation
laundry”. And of course, I will visit my little chapel again tonight and spend
some time at the feet of my Jesus and in prayer and thank him again for the
blessing of family, the power of prayer, this time of rest, and praise him for
ALL He is to me!
So, today is the last day…and it is going to be GREAT!
"This is the day the Lord has made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it."
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