My mid-life Wardrobe adventure begins here, at the Denver International Airport. This is ground zero. This is day zero, of nine days ahead. WHY all the hub-bub??? Really, Rebecca. It's not like taking a trip to Ireland is the end all be all of life. I agree. It really isn't. However, what this little trip to Ireland signifies is SO much more than just hopping on a plane, staying a bed and breakfast, drinking a Guinness, buying delicious wool "bling", and chatting it up with the locals.
My husband, on his way to dropping me off at the airport, articulated what this trip means to me. I paraphrase: "God has a plan for you, in taking this trip. Ireland is so much older and has so much more of a history than we do here. The roots go so much deeper. It is going to connect you to the bigger, older, more eternal plan and identity that GOD has for you. All of that gets so lost in the day in, day out momming and living an ordinary life". Hmmm...in addition to the other reasons to go to Ireland (see above list), he really hit the nail on the head.
SO.....here I sit, in the airport. I LOVE airports. Well, let me rephrase that. I LOVE airports when I am not juggling kids and a hundred bags, snacks, and bottles of water that accompany said kids. Traveling without three young children is a total holiday to me. DON'T get me wrong...I love going on trips with my family. It just brings with it a whole host of distractions and stresses and FAR TOO many trips to nasty airport bathrooms!
Just sitting here in a little blue pleather airport seat, surrounded by bunches of people, also sitting in little blue pleather airport seats, sipping my smoothie with a whey protein boost, and eating a bagel and cream cheese is about as good as it gets. Here, at Denver International Airport there are MANY people living out their lives. Their precious, interesting, maybe difficult, totally miraculous lives. Some of the people are staring down at the face of their "smart phones", sending a clear message of "don't bother me". There are some who are knitting. Some who are just staring into space. Some are using their computers (like ME). All are expectant for the something...the next thing, the next destination. I LOVE to imagine where they are all going. Are they reuniting with a loved one? Are they going to work? Are they going on a holiday? Are they about to enter into something that will change their lives??
As for me? I am about to enter the Wardrobe :).
PS...I REALLY hope there is good movie on the plane!
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