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This season has been a whirlwind. \u00a0A few months back I posted<\/a> about the fact that we were only going to be home one Saturday for the entire summer and let me be the first to tell you that I am so glad that we are on the other side and staring down a weekend that I hope will be complete with pancakes from our own kitchen and pajamas that will linger long into the day.<\/p>\n

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It was a great summer. \u00a0Full of new adventures and sweet time with family, reunions with long time friends and introductions to new communities interested in this crazy journey we are on.<\/p>\n

Coming home has been full of so much tension for me. \u00a0There is so much of life on the road that I love and parts of me that come alive in which I don\u2019t experience in life that is grounded in school and steady obligations and responsibilities. \u00a0However, there is this other part of me that longed for routine and rhythm and community in which I am known. Knowing that this is the pattern that much of our life will take, I have been trying to reconcile these experiences of life which are both so rich and meaningful and continue to form and shape who I am. \u00a0The new versus the tried and true. \u00a0The stretching versus the comfortable. \u00a0The adventurous versus the mundane. \u00a0Another lesson in balance and gratitude and contentment whatever the circumstances.<\/p>\n

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