"Can you drive to the North Pole?"

This question started the little road trip I'm on today.

I write this from a hotel room in upstate New York on our way from the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown (a very quaint and worthwhile trip, even for ladies!) to points north unknown!

When I got back from a recent trip to Alaska I found out my husband finally had happen to him what he had been anticipating for awhile. In an effort to prune the extra departments from the bank to make it more marketable on the selling block, the bank where he had kept his leasing/lending department profitable for 23 years decided he was done. And so he is. He banters the word "retirement" around, just for fun.

I love this man. He has stretched me and made me laugh for nearly 30 years now...and in this little summer season he needs me to understand, to travel, to listen, and to just be. Hard things for me, all of them. But because I ABSOLUTELY believe that not one thing happens to me that hasn't been okayed by my heavenly Father, I know this is for my growing. I am being made into the image of His dear Son.

So much work for God to do while I walk this earth. So much sanding, pruning, polishing. So I receive this with a smile, and consider it an adventure. It is.

I don't think you can quite drive to the North Pole. But I'm pretty sure Canada is within reach. I'll let you know what we see and learn. Did I mention we had to drive back 2 hours to get one of our passports? All kinds of opportunities for growing on this trip!