Observation Point

We just put our middle daughter, Jenny, and our grandson Henry on a plane to Mississippi. Jenny's husband Mark is already there teaching at Millsaps College, his first fulltime university professorship. This is a good thing, but a hard thing. Goodbyes are always hard. Sure, we know we can jump on a jet and be there in less than a day, but it's a bit farther than Eugene where they have spent the last six years, which made sharing life together a bit easier. 

Sharing life together - a thought that makes me think of heaven where we will have all the time in the world. No more hurried or half-said conversations with family and friends. No more looking at a watch to make sure that we leave early enough to get wherever we are going. No more distractions or interruptions. No more goodbyes. Just time to share life together eternally with God and each other, and I'm very okay with that.