For when a Facebook post just won't do
Oh goodness, where to even begin with this one? I'll start by saying that this past weekend I enjoyed a time away from home on retreat with my church family here. I won't try and claim I understood all the talks or discussions, but I was able to know and be known better by the people I see every week and build a stronger sense of community. It was a lovely little place, about an hour and a half from my home, and completely outside of coverage for everyone's cell phones. The bunkbeds were a smidge too short and I have the bumps on my head to prove it, but all in all it was pretty great. Until we hit to road to head for home Sunday afternoon, and my phone practically exploded halfway back. All the media coverage, news reports, safety check-ins, and friends trying to find out if other friends managed to stay alive in the deadliest attack of late, a scant hour from my "home" home, in Orlando early Sunday morning. Sometimes technology is great for staying in t...