Traveling solo....

Traveling solo.....

I have done a lot of traveling alone driving over my married life...but I always had my husband to check in with during, and at the end of the trip.  We always talked when he or I was gone.  That started before we were officially engaged while he was working in the wilderness areas of Idaho. He had a coffee can of coins in his car and would call as soon as he hit town from being out in the wilderness.  We would talk for long periods as well as write pages of whatever we were doing at the time.

Then after we were married, he had to go geology summer camp and national guard camp.  So, again he would call when He could, using the same coffee can of coins.
 Later, he would call from various places that he worked, from the remoteness of Alaska, to Mongolia , China or just from the other end of the state or even from his office.....then calling, as technology allowed, from his truck...
I would call when I was away caring for kids, parents....but the main thing was..we kept in touch.....

Now, without him or even my parents, I try to keep In touch with my children ...and as much as I love my kids......it is different....not quite the same as picking up the phone can talking to him.....I talk a lot to Jesus, which is good, but still not the same...but I am thankful....

In planning trips, I am the navigator as well as the driver not just along for the ride....no one to talk to or laugh with about wrong turns or "oh look at that"....different.....solo....

Thank YOU so much for the memories, the years of companionship, marriage....little things, like traveling, phones, conversations ......it was fun, now new chapters....

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name.
—Hebrews 13:15

2 Timothy 2:2. You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.

While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
—Luke 24:36

“… and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
—Matthew 28:20

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that confess his name.
—Hebrews 13:15