McCall



I've always said McCall is medicine. It truly is. I've been coming to this blessed place since I was a little girl and despite having been fortunate to travel the World, it still knocks my socks off every time I come. It is just that beautiful.

To many, Hawaii is their paradise, the place where they go and swear they've never seen a place more beautiful. To me, Hawaii sure is pretty, but it is also quite touristy, quite busy, quite expensive, etc. It's gorgeous, but it's not my absolute paradise. My haven involves mountains, aspen trees, lakes, deserted woods, and quiet, quiet, quiet. My heaven is McCall.

Every August, the last week to be exact, I find myself in this place. I look forward to it all year, knowing that will mean another summer is done with, my wonderful fall is just around the corner, and I made it another year with this nonsense (I became sick the last week of August 2006).. It's my little anniversary party to myself, and I look back at all that has happened since my last visit to this place, and look forward to what I've planned until the next time I will see it. Oh the plans I have in store for the time between McCall 2012 and McCall 2013.

I sat on the dock tonight, pitch black outside with millions of stars, toes dipped in the perfectly cool water, and didn't feel sick. Maybe I did, maybe I didn't but the important thing is that my suffering was a far second to the first thing on my mind. I was reaffirmed that there is a God and that He is the creator of this beautiful Earth. I felt of His love, His encouragement, and His joy for me. I felt assured of His plan for His children, His plan for me, His path that he is leading me down and the light that awaits me at the end.



As sad as I am to leave this place tomorrow, I'm also ready - I'm excited for the HUGE changes that are coming in the next 6 weeks and experiences that await me. They are happy ones, they are challenging ones, they are the right ones.

Yea for a happy year ahead!