Thank you Allison Gingras (Reconciled To You) and Elizabeth Riordan (Theology Is A Verb) for another opportunity to re-publish our favorite posts on Worth Revisiting.
Stop for a visit now
(and every Wednesday). The gifted writers who post
there each week will no doubt have much of value to offer you.
[I decided to share an excerpt from my book, Fleeting Glimpses of the Silly, Sentimental and Sublime.]
Is This The End?
Neither my wife nor I had ever
driven across country. We were excited to do so since the prize awaiting us in Denver was an extended
visit with our daughter Tammy and her husband. We planned a leisurely trip with
no set schedule, driving as far or as little as we cared to do on any
particular day. We gave no thought to weather conditions along our planned
route, assuming the high blue sky and feather like clouds that had been with us
from the outset of our journey would accompany us throughout our trip.
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We drove past blighted inner
cities, congested and traffic logged interchanges in and about Chicago,
and the unending miles of corn fields and irrigated farmland that would stretch
before and around us as we traveled through Iowa
and Nebraska.
I must admit that I enjoyed driving at 85 miles an hour, amused and perplexed
however that everyone was passing me.
We spent two relaxing days in Des Moines, Iowa
to break up the trip and give my ailing back a break. Refreshed, we headed west anxious to see and
experience the steep and majestic Rocky Mountains in Colorado. We almost didn’t make it.
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