Summer in the Bahamas
The "in between" moments. That's where I'm living. The moments between Garmisch and Tennessee. The moments between my old life and my new life.
Where I am now is not my old life. In some ways it is because the people I'm with have known me all my life. It's kind of like stepping into a time warp where I'm a child, a mother, a 13 year old with braces, a teacher of old women, all at the same time.
It's not my new life either. The one where I'm at my perfect weight, I have my perfect house, my children have grown up to be perfect men. (All those things WILL happen in Tennessee, won't they??)
So thus my "in between" moments. We're calling it Summer in the Bahamas. (My sister came up with the name...in some ways she really is the most creative one of the whole Barnick Clan.)
Our nieces spent two days with us. We spent the majority of that time on the deck....sunning, eating, conversing with friends, eating again, sunning some more, reading, telling stories. Some time Monday afternoon one of my neices sighed contentedly and said, "We've done this for two whole days."
But I know you're thinking, what has that to do with the Bahamas? Well, Karen (my sister) decided that we would all pretend that we were laying on a tropical beach somewhere instead of a 12' x 10' foot deck that had a few shady spots that could pass for ocean water if your imagination was vivid enough. (My nephew said that was a poor person's vacation...his imagination isn't quite as developed as the rest of ours.)
So now that term describes the whole summer. I will remember this brief time in California with my family as my summer in the Bahamas. My "in between" moments have been elevated to the "moments that matter."
But is that not a metaphor for life? Isn't it really only our in between moments that matter? I know I keep harping on this, but none of us are promised tomorrow. We plan for the future, we anticipate it with joy, we cherish our yesterdays, but today is the only time where we are gifted with the ability to make a difference.
"Today is the day that the Lord has made.
I will rejoice and be glad in it."
Where I am now is not my old life. In some ways it is because the people I'm with have known me all my life. It's kind of like stepping into a time warp where I'm a child, a mother, a 13 year old with braces, a teacher of old women, all at the same time.
It's not my new life either. The one where I'm at my perfect weight, I have my perfect house, my children have grown up to be perfect men. (All those things WILL happen in Tennessee, won't they??)
So thus my "in between" moments. We're calling it Summer in the Bahamas. (My sister came up with the name...in some ways she really is the most creative one of the whole Barnick Clan.)
Our nieces spent two days with us. We spent the majority of that time on the deck....sunning, eating, conversing with friends, eating again, sunning some more, reading, telling stories. Some time Monday afternoon one of my neices sighed contentedly and said, "We've done this for two whole days."
But I know you're thinking, what has that to do with the Bahamas? Well, Karen (my sister) decided that we would all pretend that we were laying on a tropical beach somewhere instead of a 12' x 10' foot deck that had a few shady spots that could pass for ocean water if your imagination was vivid enough. (My nephew said that was a poor person's vacation...his imagination isn't quite as developed as the rest of ours.)
So now that term describes the whole summer. I will remember this brief time in California with my family as my summer in the Bahamas. My "in between" moments have been elevated to the "moments that matter."
But is that not a metaphor for life? Isn't it really only our in between moments that matter? I know I keep harping on this, but none of us are promised tomorrow. We plan for the future, we anticipate it with joy, we cherish our yesterdays, but today is the only time where we are gifted with the ability to make a difference.
"Today is the day that the Lord has made.
I will rejoice and be glad in it."
posted by Kaye @ 2:59 PM
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