Thinking about Inheritance

What will I work for that I would like the future generation to inherit?

What is an inheritance?

What have I inherited?

A love of the outdoors. Not just an appreciation of nature; the kind of love that puts it on a pedestal in a museum. No, the kind of love that makes me want to drink it in, spend my life in it, and roll around in the grass. My father’s final days were spent in the woods feeding animals, watching the leaves fall, and feeling each season come and go.

I inherited a fascination with information and learning. I want to read everything, listen to every lecture, and work with smart people.

I'm afraid I won't be able to pass this on. That my children will dismiss the wealth of data in the world and not go exploring in corners covered in dust and cobwebs to learn facts of which they never conceived.

I want to leave an inheritance for my children. Not just an inheritance of money, but one of knowledge, joy, and hope. I want them to be lost in the wonder of a faith that drives their life even when they don't know where they are going. A faith that will carry them even when I can't.

Posted by Andrew

An eventful season

It's been a long time since we updated our blog. Overall, we are happy and doing well. We're in the midst of searching for jobs and starting new jobs, praying that everything will work together to bring us closer to our church community, which we love.

It hasn't begun to snow again yet, but the sky is overcast and it is due to start in the next hour or two. I have never seen 24 inches of snow before, let alone 10-20 inches on top of that! Unfortunately, with this much snow I'm a little bit at a loss as to how to play in it. Snow that deep doesn't make good snow angels, unless you count the weird, shapeless holes that you make when you accidentally fall on your face because you can't lift your feet high enough to walk through it. It doesn't pack well into snowballs, either, and we don't own a sled. But we did find a way-- yesterday Andrew and I found a 15-foot wide, 10-foot tall pile of snow and dug a tunnel all the way through it, just for fun. It took a few hours, but finally breaking through and seeing the daylight on the other side was thrilling. (As though 4 hours of digging out our car & parking space over the weekend hadn't been enough.)

Maybe something of greater substance to write about will come to me soon!

Posted by Irene