Rejoice and be glad in it…

Do you know that feeling at the end of vacation? The one where you know it is coming to an end and your mind starts filling with the dread of having to go back to the day to day routine of work, the laundry that will need to be done, the emails you will have to read in order to catch up. Have you noticed how those feelings begin to rob you of what moments prior seemed like limitless joy? I can look back on countless vacations and recognize the exact moment that these feelings began to invade my thoughts. If I have learned anything in these last two years, it is to be in the moment and not dread or fret about the past nor what is to come…I cannot control any of those things. What I can do, what is fully in my power, is to be present in this moment and to live fully in the here and now. This past vacation I am thankful to share that is just what I, what our family, did!