Tonight I head to Europe for a month of teaching in Brussels and Ireland. My wife will join me for a week, but the kids will stay home. It will be the longest I’ve ever been away from the kids.
Last night we went to Friendly’s for a little “last meal” before I leave. Lord willing, I’ll be back home in mid-July for the rest of the summer, and we’ll have lots of time together after that. But, it felt a little like I wasn’t coming back. It made me think of what I would want to do if I knew I really wasn’t coming back. And it struck me that I was doing exactly that — a cheesburger and ice cream with my wife and kids. Thank God for these wonderful little moments of life!