Grow Deep and Flourish

JUMP One of my VERY favorite songs of ALL time is “JUMP” by Van Halen. Yup, you read that correctly, a middle aged, Jesus loving mamma, whose favorite song is Jump? And, one of my favorite artists - Toby Mac😄 But, keep reading! Let me connect the dots for you. Me and Susan (my 274,000 mile Honda Pilot…more on her later), have listened to that song over and over and over - windows down, sunroof open - with my kids or by myself. I never get tired of it… It’s my charge up song. If I had a walk up song as I was confidently striding up to the plate in the World Series, JUMP would be my song!! One of my favorite recent memories is walking out of the airport in Austin, TX into beautiful sunshine, looking for Cole in the Captiva. Tears filling my eyes in anticipation of seeing my college student for the first time in too many months. After a quick hug and loading my luggage into the back. I get in the car to a coffee and the radio blasting…you got it…JUMP! My walk up song! When ...

     Let me introduce you to Susan…no, she is not my daughter - I am the proud Mama of boys! She is….my car :) Not quite sure why she has the nickname, Susan, but Cole and his friends gave her the name on their Senior Trip to Maine, and it stuck. Susan has lived a lot of life. She has seen the East Coast up to Maine. She has traveled multiple times to Texas. She has hauled rabbits, animal feed, groceries, kids, baseball equipment, Norwex displays, yard sale items, trash picked furniture, beach “stuff”, just to name a few things. And, along the way, there has been A LOT of life lived in Susan. She saw both of my boys take the wheel and drive home from their permit tests. She was privy to great conversations, angry words, lots of tears, and lots of laughter. She probably listened to Toby Mac “Backseat Driver” thousands of times! Her radio can rock it! The sunroof has been left open in the rain, she has been cleaned out from the dirt and mess of years of the Fai...