Sushi, leftovers, photos, hugs and goodbyes…
I have two age groups of grandchildren…simply because there is 11 years difference between my oldest child and my youngest…So as the older group is leaving their teen years, the younger group is just entering theirs…but everyone combined well at this weekend reunion event…it was fun to see all of the interactions …
We gathered for one last lunch of leftovers, sushi, fried rice….laughter all around, formal family photos, hugs and goodbyes…a weekend well lived…
Thank YOU for this special time…
Reading about Paul in the New Testament, the Epistles…the helloes and the goodbyes…the parting is hard, but life goes on…and he moved forward just as we will…I can imagine the send offs at various towns, regions he visited…maybe a farewell meal, a few last words in parting, a small or large gathering as he entered yet another boat or left by foot…all walking away talking about the gathering and planning for the day ahead…getting on with life…back to “normal”, whatever or wherever that looks like…
A few partings…of Paul…
After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila.
But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail from Ephesus.
When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and then went down to Antioch.
After spending some time there, he departed and went from one place to the next through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.
Acts.18.18,Acts.18.21-23
When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. Sopater the Berean, son of Pyrrhus, accompanied him; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy; and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus. These went on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas, but we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days. But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land. And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene. And sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios; the next day we touched at Samos; and the day after that we went to Miletus. For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hastening to be at Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.
Acts.20.2-6,13-16
So long, farewell….
Bind us together….
Ethan telling African spider story…
Say cheese….
Same birthdays, same names…
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