Tornados are building in the south again.
Like they did this night three years ago.
The air is cool and spring is finally here.
Three years ago it felt the same.
Tonight I go to sleep in a comfy bed, with no chance of rain leaking
from my tent roof.
So different from three years ago.
Tomorrow I will wake up, take a shower, and head to work.
Three years ago I would have hiked 8 miles in the mud
to another spot up the trail.
Life is odd and unpredictable.
Three years ago I learned that in a much needed and surprising way.
Its hard to fathom that three year ago today I started my 2000 mile
Journey up the East Coast...
Three years ago today I met 4 unlikely companions who changed everything about the beginning of the journey for me...
The whole thing really....
More importantly... three years ago today I started a journey that brought me here...
To this moment,
Laying in my comfy bed in Massachusetts, far from Georgia, and Ohio...
And that predictable life I left behind.
I am grateful every day for the last three years...
For the people who were there before, that I met along the way, that walk with me still.
I am grateful for a whole bunch of jobs that have come my way when I needed them most,
Support that has surprised me, Questions that have challenged me,
And opportunities that have become amazing memories.
I am thankful that in the midst of my crazy...
God always ALWAYS provides.
God is always ALWAYS faithful.
I am so very blessed.
And I am thankful too for that night, three years ago, when this crazy girl wandered up to Hawk Mountain Shelter, there was someone there that became one of my very best friends... on the trail, and in life. Even though neither of us had planned to be there that night (he had hoped to start earlier, I had planned to stop at the first shelter but got there too early) we were.... because God knows what's best for silly little me.... even when it takes me a REALLY long time to figure it out.
So, I am thankful for three years... thankful for journeys and friends and challenges and friendship.
And I am thankful that three years ago today I met someone who has challenged me, encouraged me, and helped me grow. Even though I know I make him crazy some days I don't know what I'd do without him in my life.
I am blessed!
