Home Away from Home

It's a nice feeling being all snuggled in no matter where you are. Although I will be home for only one week this month, the "apartment" here is plenty comfortable. Skype/email/iphone keeps me in touch with those I love, even though I miss my kids and grandkids something fierce!
In 1980, our family moved from Iowa to Kentucky with our few meager possessions packed in a truck, and me six months pregnant with two toddlers, suffering from IBS and exhausted past reason. Leaving all that was familiar for the unfamiliar, small house to no house, knowing everyone to knowing no one--that was the stark reality. Surprisingly, a message of well-being flowed into my brain and heart, a gift from God in a very challenging time. "You are fine, you will be fine, I will take care of you--don't worry." I think that was the beginning of understanding what it means to be content in whatever circumstances I find myself in. I have a long ways to go in that effort, and I'm sure that many tests will come, but God is sufficient.
So, I'll be in my cocoon this evening, thankful for a warm bed and feeling at home no matter where I am.