Michigan Visit
Al and I will be going out to Michigan to
reconnect with our family very soon, most of whom are in the Detroit area. Our
last trip to Detroit was eventful in many ways. We flew there in mid-December
2012 to help Al’s mom, Char, celebrate her 95th birthday!
It
was a wonderful time of reunion with things planned every minute, or so it
seemed. There were plenty of hugs from our two littlest grandchildren, visits
to Char’s retirement home, trips to see grandson Nate’s preschool and swim
school, a concert on Fri night in which step-daughter Shanda played, shopping,
the big birthday party...and in the midst of all of this Al had the stomach
flu! He spent the first days we were there sleeping in the hotel, which meant
that I had to maneuver the rental car through the suburbs of Detroit all by
myself.
I had never paid much attention to where we
were going on previous trips to Michigan. For the first time, I had to venture
out on my own with a prayer, a sheet of written directions on my lap or in my
hand (no sync or GPS in the rental car), and the courage to just go for it,
knowing I could always back-track if I made a wrong turn somewhere.
It
took a little adjusting to get used to the rules of the road, some of which were
different than those in California. Oh, and I didn’t realize that the
windshields would be icy early in the morning after the car sat out in the
parking lot all night! Surprise! But, hey, grandkids were waiting and we had
places to go, so I figured out how to de-ice them in a hurry.
Everything
worked out great....Praise the Lord! Sleet and snow would have been more of an
obstacle, but I would have had to venture out just like the people do who live
here and who drive to work daily during the winter months. It would take a lot more to keep me away from our grandchildren.
Thank
you, dear Lord, for stretching me beyond my comfort zone, for being with me and
helping me over hurdles. I love you, Judy
P.S.
Thanks that Al will be able to do all of the driving on this trip!
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in
want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
he restores my soul.” Ps 23:1-3 NIV
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