Monday, July 16, 2012

Our Predictable Story



Some stories seem entirely predictable.  Like the knight in shining armor rescuing the princess.  You never fully see it in the middle of the sweeping scenes of a narrative; but when you escape for a moment and get the aerial view, it all makes sense.  This is Jenny’s and my experience.  Both of us grew up in radically different contexts.  I moved all my life, starting in Mexico City as a missionary kid, making stops in Chattanooga, TN and Canton, OH.  My family now resides in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  Home has always been transient for me.  Jenny on the other hand spent the first 18 years of her life in Canton, Ohio.  But while the cities and towns in which we grew up in were totally different, there was something very similar occurring in us both.