Deciding on My Next Steps (and SCUBA)
The Blackburn family (my father's side naturally)
We experienced an incredible (though chilly) dive to see an underwater, petrified forest and shipwreck underneath the massive lake. There is also a sunken city here that was built at the bottom of the valley before they flooded it. Check it out with the State Park Marina!
My father, a renowned recreation center architect, actually designed the house that sits overlooking Table Rock Lake.
As I start my day today among the hugs and happiness of a stirring, Blackburn family, I notice how the sun is hesitant to shine.
Today, I really need it to shine because my father and I are taking a daddy/daughter trip to SCUBA dive the infamous Table Rock Lake, a lake in which I have swum since I was tinier than the majority of fish that dominated her waters.
Today, I really need it to shine in order to stay warm as I slip beneath the gentle waves caused by the renegade boater who is slightly less daring than I as he grazes the top of the lake. Today, I really need it to shine because I am trying so hard to keep my wits and smile about me and ignore the pressing blur of uncertainty of where I am going in my life next that keeps setting in as of late.
Today, I really need it to shine because I want a reminder from God that everything really will work out, though I may be missing the other reminders that he is providing me at the moment. But today, I am with my family, so I choose to seek out the little pieces of sunshine inside the house so that I can squish them together and see the love that everyone brings to the Thanksgiving table year after year.