Layover Life

For where you treasure is, there your heart will be also. [matthew 6:21]

But what if your treasures are scattered from West Virginia all the way down to Central America?

Sitting here in the Panama City airport “enjoying” an extremely long layover.  As I am literally in the transition between Guatemala and USA, it so deeply resonates with how I feel- a heart being stuck in between two places that aren’t exactly right beside each other.

I am not sure why I feel so neither here nor there today.  I think part of it is because we haven’t been stateside in over 6 months… and I am so so so very excited to see my nieces and nephews- to hug their necks, swing them through the air, and call them funny names.  I am so excited to see my parents, grandparents, my brothers, my inlaws, our friends.  I’m excited to crush a pepperoni roll from Brandywine Fox’s and eat Split Banana.  Oh, American food, I’ve missed you so!   Continue reading Layover Life