On July 5th I broke down and finally bought a new lap top--my old one served me faithfully through college, but it finally gave out due to old age. The speakers stopped working about six months ago, then the power button, then the power cord almost frayed the whole way through, and most recently the machine itself has started to fail to shut down. SO...it was off to Best Buy to pick out the new one.
On the way home we got a call that my uncle had been in a very serious motorcycle accident in Eastern Washington and was being airlifted to Harborview. At that time he was not expected to live. Several days later he is still in the ICU, but markedly improved.
Tuesday we were leaving the ICU waiting room when my mom's cell phone went off. It was her little brother calling to say they were taking my grandfather to the hospital. So off we rushed.
The stress and exhaustion mounts day by day, but I hold out hope that this is all the medical emergencies my family will experience in the next two years. What all is ahead for my family, I'm not sure, but the reality of my absence weighs heavily on my mind.
As I sat in the hospital with my grandfather today, he reminded me that if we never face adversity we never know the depth and breadth of our character; and if we don't know the depth and breadth of our character, we cannot say we know ourselves. And so I take pause to search and know just who I am, and on what foundation I stand as I begin my next greatest adventure.
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