Get out the Map

I am in the middle of nowhere in Illinois for our board meeting and went for a run this morning seeing the sun peek out from under the blanket of clouds. 

I love these early morning runs (even though my watch showed 4:55 a.m. when I set out the door as I had not changed the time from pacific time to central time) because it is a time when I can get out and about and pray in a stream of consciousness kind of way.  

The words "clear my head" came to mind this morning when I was running and thinking of you, 

and I thought of this old Indigo Girls song with those lyrics. 

I miss being able to run through life with you all just 1.5 miles down the street, but I'm thankful for the fact that Malawi does not seem all that far away since you all are so close to my heart.. 

XOXOXO

"Get Out The Map"

The saddest sight my eyes can see is that big ball of orange sinking slyly down the trees

Sitting in a broken circle while you rest upon my knee this perfect moment will soon be leaving me

Suzanne calls from Boston the coffee's hot the corn is high

And that same sun that warms your heart will suck the good earth dry

With everything it's opposite enough to keep you crying or keep this old world spinning with a twinkle in its eye

Get out the map get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down

We'll leave the figuring to those we pass on our way out of town

Don't drink the water there seems to be something ailing everyone I'm gonna clear my head

I'm gonna drink that sun I'm gonna love you good and strong

while our love is good and young Joni left for South Africa a few years ago and then

Beth took a job all the way over on the West Coast

And me I'm still trying to live half a life on the road

I'm heavier by the year and heavier by the load.

Why do we hurtle ourselves through every inch of time and space I must say around some corner

I can sense a resting place

With every lesson learned a line upon your beautiful face

We'll amuse ourselves one day with these memories we'll trace

Get out the map get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down

We'll leave the figuring to those we pass on our way out of town

Don't drink the water there seems to be something ailing everyone

I'm gonna clear my head I'm gonna drink the sun

I'm gonna love you good and strong while our love is good and young

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfT6W6ZynRU