A little teary...

Do you ever have moments where your emotions just come out of nowhere? Where you feel blindsided? Granted, this might just be a girl thing. I think I might have seen my dad get a little teary eyed once when Penn State came from behind to beat Notre Dame in football or catching a much bigger fish than my uncle Joe, but I am pretty sure I have never seen him tear up while chopping potatoes. And, in the many years that I have known my brother, I don't think we have just been hanging out and he starts to sniffle. Of course, they could just be hiding it and putting on that tough exterior and really just crying on the inside. It is hard to tell with the men folk. But, once again, I digress, back to the point: me and my crazy emotions.

So, there I was just chopping away, and out of nowhere little drops of water just started to leak out of the bottom of my eyes. I had not even begun to chop the onions which are incredibly strong and then could have been easily blamed. Unless these are a different breed of potato, I think it will be hard to blame them. Julia and I were preparing dinner in our kitchen. It was Friday night and earlier in the week we had talked about wanting to do a nice southern meal. We made hamburgers, home fries, green beans, and yummy mango cobbler (no peaches). To help create the mood, we listened to some blue grass whilst we were chopping away. I am happy and looking forward to dinner when out of nowhere for no apparent reason, these emotions just whack upside the head. I began thinking: What is wrong with me? Where did these come from? What is going on? Then, I realized, I was just missing home. Fall is coming and the music and the food made me think of the fall in Georgia with the changing of the leaves and going for a walk outside and barbecuing with friends and family. And, football! Not soccer, real American football where there is blood and guts and glory! I love the Fall. It is my favorite time of the year. I was just sad to be missing it again.

I love being in Tanzania and feel completely clarity from the Lord that I am right where He wants me to be. I had thought that I had gotten through the homesick blues, but apparently they never quite go away....