Beginning of the End, Ending at the Beginning

Our little family marks a tremendous moment in our life together this weekend- this is Eric's last official race with the Indy Racing League as their full time software developer/project developer. As our daughter puts it, "Bye bye to Daddy's bye-bye trips!"

We are now officially sojourning in that weird and strange land of endings and beginnings; otherwise known as 'transition space'. While we say goodbye to many things, we are saying hello to new experiences. Sadness and joy seem all mixed together with a dash of apprehension, wonder, and nervousness.

We are trying to figure out what comes next in our life together. We know that it no longer includes suitcases and intense traveling the next three months. It does mean we will need to figure out how to live together again especially during the remaining part of summer.

Fascinating to note how many of our sacred stories from scripture come out of transition spaces as well. Folks traveling from here to there; receiving a call and then answering it like Sarah and Abraham, or Cleopas and his Easter travel companion. Starting something new for God and then their attempts to follow through like Paul and Barnabas, or Priscilla and Aquilla.

What a relief! We won't be alone in the newness or awkwardness of our 'transition space' we will be with good travel company after all!