This summer we headed to Naples. It was wonderful to be with my precious family.
Travel is not easy with my little family of four. There is clinical anxiety, clinical OCD x2, and oh boy allergies! But we've never ever let it stop us from going places, seeing places near and far, and experiencing the hard within the wonderful. I think it is the yearly trips we've gone on every single year that have bonded us in such a way of the Lord when we allow Him to work through the hard. But the hard doesn't go away. Sunscreen will never be easy for one with sensory issues, anxiety about travel and cleanliness, and one who can not ever eat off the menu. Every time a meal is coming up we feel that 'what should we do'. We look up the menu, we call ahead, we pray for a good server who can bring allergy needs back to a chief. Some days of eating out away from home are amazing and the chief goes out of the way. Other days we feel that they are annoyed all the way from the kitchen. But we let go and hold on to the good in travel.
Do you know this song? Sill by Steven Curtis Chapman. It's playing right now and parts of it reminds me of my limitations, us, and who we are STILL.
Perhaps that is why I insist on a family photoshoot when we are away. It's like a time capsule. I can take all of the photos I want on a vacation, but these freeze time and for that I am grateful. I am bursting with love for these precious people that God has placed in my life and allowed me to call 'mine'. I love them oh so much!
So here are some amazing photos of our family when we went to Naples this past June.
