In Colorado Springs

I drove out to Colorado Springs today for the USAA (US Apostolic Alliance) Conference that starts tomorrow evening. Praise God the roads were clear and dry. After the freezing rain & snow that blanketed Kansas the past two days, that was truly something for which to be grateful!

[Side note: The willow trees the initial developer planted all over my subdivision did not fair well with the ice storm in Wichita. Lots of limbs down. Praise God, the one in my yard did not have any limbs break. I'm glad I spent the energy to trim it up last year!]

The drive out was "uneventful" - other than I really missed Mom. We made our first trip to Colorado to this same location, Colorado Springs, in 2001 for me to attend a conference and then spend a little time enjoying the beautiful scenery. We came back "through" Colorado twice more returning from trips further west. I did okay through the Kansas "flatlands" (because I have been all over Kansas various times without her), but as I got closer to Colorado I began remembering our times out this way together. I would see things that were pretty that we would have pointed out to each other, and there was no one with whom to share that anymore.

The good part is all the places we did go together and the things we did see. Besides our frequent trips to Florida & Branson, I would have never made the other trips (to S. Dakota, the Grand Canyon & other canyons in Utah, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, Glazier, etc.), if it hadn't been for taking her to see them. The time we had together really was a blessing in so many ways.

But that was "the last season" of my life. Now it is time to focus on this season - and plan for the next one. :-)

I am looking forward to the conference & what God has to say to me while I am here.