Enjoy the Trip

Today I was reflecting about my senior trip. We went on a bus trip to Florida. It was amazing and is still one of my favorite trips to this day.

The thing was, Florida was only a small part of the trip.

We didn't just power through the journey, peeing in bottles, eating pre-packed snacks and never stopping (shout out to my dad-in-law) ;). No. We wound our way down to Florida. Rafting. Mountain climbing. Shopping. Going to museums. Racing shopping carts.

This was all before we got to Florida.

Don't get me wrong, we had a BLAST in Florida, too. But if we had just blinked our eyes and been there we would have missed out on so many wonderful adventures. Friendships were deeper. Showers were fewer. Arms were stronger.

I think that the process of adoption is a similar journey. If we just blinked our eyes and it was over we would miss out on the sweetness of the process.

Sometimes things don't seem so sweet, like when the scheduled "shower" for the day is a Walmart bathroom or when your dossier gets lost, but it is all part of the bigger trip that we are on and that makes it kind of wonderful, too.

Enjoy the trip, Reader.