Home

I'm leaving tonight for Orlando ... and then on Sunday, headed to D.C. ... and then on Monday, on to Ethiopia ... and then on Tuesday, Malawi.  I will be home on July 4.

Funny, as I typed "I will be home," I thought about what home means. For over 30 years, "home" has been Orlando. Although I miss my friends and my routines and my church and my comfort zone very much, now home means something entirely different to me. It's not yet Pasadena, for sure. Heck, I'm still looking for the right grocery store!

Home, I'm finding, is a place inside of myself. It's a present kind of peace. I find it with Matt, riding a bike, listening to birds, praying, eating mint chip ice cream, dozing off on the sofa, seeing a snail on the storm drain ...

I hope I find some home in Malawi. If not, I've got plenty to take with me.

(Matt will post here to let you know I arrived safely in Malawi. Back to California Dreamin' soon!)