The world of hi-tech

We've rapidly been thrust upon the stage of being hi-tech. Guess having kids move halfway around the globe has something to do with that. In the last week, we've activated a webcam, gotten a computer microphone and installed the appropriate software. This morning we gave it the first really official tryout and made a real-time call to Turkey. We saw our son-in-law, daughter, grandkids and the even the dog.

It is the wierdest thing to be here at 8:30 in the morning and have them be finishing their day (almost) at 6:30 at night. While we waited for Kim to get back from buying dinner at the store, we even played live online checkers with Rick. (I was losing pretty bad- perhaps there are drawbacks to hi-tech) I also added Carol's and their blogs to my site, check them out.

Someday I will get used to this...or not. We'll see how it goes. But it does make family seem like they are right next door. Now I'm on a mission to get all computer-connected family (hear that, Justin?) to get wired and online! Every journey has to have tasks to accomplish along the way.

The Gift

On a particularly down day last week, a gift came through that was very needed and very timely. Sometimes, gifts like that are meant to be given away after they are received. In that light, I give the gift to you:

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going, I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

Thomas Merton - From: Thoughts in Solitude

Interesting to see how sometimes, what we need to hear is what we do hear if our ears are open to the sounds. May we meet one day upon the road...

Let the wandering begin

Journeys begin with a beginning and an end. My current journey began fifteen years ago and the destination has yet to be written. The path has been at times easy to travel, at times hard to travel and at times almost impossible to travel, but I have kept on course and maybe, just maybe I'll one day see the destination which I seek. (once I figure out what that is)

I have taken the name of a well-known folk ballad as my title, since the words of the tune describe the road I am on so very well. If you wish to, come along on the journey with me, we'll explore this life togther.