Today, is a milestone.
Although for the most part today has been a “normal” world race day… (a.k.a. new in almost every way, not really normal at all), today contained a moment in time that will never be forgotten. A moment that, without the Holy Spirit, would have passed in the blink of an eye. But, because of the Holy Spirit, became the moment in time that my team, became my family. My teammates, became my sisters, my supports, and beyond a shadow of a doubt my best friends.
We sat in our room this afternoon, resting, talking, and making lists for what we wanted at ¡WALMART!… (&yes, I know… we have a WALMART within 5 minutes of our house #praise #thankyoujesus). Anyway, to give a little back ground information, most of you probably know, some of you may not, I have ADD. At my age now, it is very minimal, but with ADD and my more spontaneous personality in general, remembering things and/or making lists is not necessarily my strongest suit. I’m GREAT at making lists of things I need (aka want;P) but it includes many space outs, missing pieces, or ending up not using the list at all because “I’ll remember when I get to the store…right?!z”
Generally speaking, this is one out of the millions of little things that make up me and my mothers relationship. It is almost without fail that when I forget something I said or where I put something, my mom can always tell me. Its one of the little things that makes up an indescribably intimate relationship. A relationship of being fully know and fully knowing. It is also one of those things that you take for grated until it is taken away from you.
So that brings me back to today. As I began to make my shopping list, having written maybe one or two things down, my mind as usual went blank. I couldn’t remember what I had repetitively said I needed only minutes before. I began to externally process my list or the lack there of, naming off the few items I could remember, and rhetorically asking what else I said I needed. Then I paused. This pause a subconscious pause. The pause that was usually filled by my mothers words to fill in the blank, that was never filled by my team or teammates but more served as time for me to try and remember, was shattered. My team began to tell me all the things I had said I needed, all the things I would need that I didn’t say, and all the things they knew I should get because I would end up wanting them. It was such a simple moment, with such simple words, but it meant and served as something so much deeper. My response… sobs. I had no words. I just cried and thanks to the Holy Spirit slowing my down enough to recognize a moment like this, I was able to share with my team what this meant. I cried, they cried, we cried. Then we laughed and laughed at what the little moment we were crying at, and then we cried some more.
I will never be able to express in words what this moment contained, but nevertheless I had to share it with you guys because I CANNOT express how INCREDIBLY grateful I am to have supporters like you all to give me and love me in this EXTRAORDINARILY LIFE CHANGING journey. I thank my Father in heaven for all 6 of these amazing women that I get to call my sisters and I CANNOT wait for these next two months in Chile, to see what God has in store for each of them and us as a team! Thank you thank you thank you all for giving me the opportunity to be doing this at my age. I love you all and will talk to you in a week!! Please email me and I will read them all when I get wifi again in a week!!
Love and Thanks!!!
Morgan <3
