Family: A Definition

Family: A Definition

During this month of May I had a wonderful opportunity to travel to the West Coast of the United States for the first time. There I got to meet many of my first cousins (and their families of course), some of them for the first time in my life. I am very grateful for this blessing. And I thank God for them.
To them I dedicate this definition of family I spliced from an episode of "In Plain Sight".

"Split apart, reunited, or adjusting to new conditions on the ground... Family is a double edged sword.

They're the Best of Times, the worst of times, your keys to the kingdom and the skeletons in your closet."

Hawaii: Pearl Harbor

Inside Pearl Harbor... The Battleship USS Missouri Memorial

Inside USS Missouri.... overlooking the famed burial ship USS Arizona...

Inside the USS Arizona is this tomb marker honoring those soldiers underneath.

Andersen Air Force Base Guam (in flight) part 4

To see these mechanical wonders in flight make me see the Easter message more clearly....

My spirits were uplifted and they made my soul soar higher.

In a way I should be like these planes whose goal is to be able to fly....

fly up to where I am destined.

I bet you all know where that leads to. "In the Lord I put my trust...
Go in flight like a bird to the mountain"
Psalm 11:1

(photos courtesy of Anderson Air Force Base- Guam)

Andersen Air Force Base Guam (on the ground) part 3

The planes I saw on the ground up close....

And about to fly.....