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<\/a><\/p>\nA few weeks ago I realized that these years that we have been in Chicago make up the longest stretch of days I have lived without being in Latin America since I first stepped foot there when I was 15 years old. \u00a0Time has crept along slowly and placed a distance I didn\u2019t even notice between me and this region of our great globe that has been so important and foundational for me. \u00a0And I think that both the miles and the minutes that have separated me from this place slowly made me forget.<\/p>\n
And when we forget, there is nothing quite like the gift of that which helps us to remember.<\/p>\n
This side of our move back to Ecuador is steeped in grief and nearly constant reminders of what will be left behind. My thoughts are often drawn into imagining all of the inevitable good-byes that are on our horizon with little room left to reach back and remember.<\/p>\n
These fast and full four days were just what I needed. \u00a0I needed to be reminded. \u00a0I needed to smell the scent of the laundry detergent. \u00a0I needed to hug a dear friend that I haven\u2019t touched since our move back to the States. \u00a0I needed to drink fresh squeezed juice with my breakfast and listen Andean music played on flutes and pan pipes. I needed to feel the intensity of the sun at the equator on my face and see the wrinkled brown skin of the old man sitting outside the corner store watching the world go by. \u00a0I needed to hear Spanish spoken in surround sound and watch a thunder storm roll in off the mountains and remember.<\/p>\n
It is truly no wonder that God calls us again and again to make space and remember. \u00a0We so easily forget.<\/p>\n
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