Connect the Dots

Today's prompt: Open your nearest book to page 82. Take the third full sentence on the page, and work it into a post somehow.

"We can stay as long as we need to."

One of my college roommates and I are planning a trip to Nashville in April to visit another roommate for spring break. These girls are the best of friends I could ask for. We've all been through a lot over the last several months, so this trip is just what we need to look forward to. It's sure to be full of laughs, good conversation, good food, and crazy adventures. Life has taken us all on different paths since college, but when we're together, it's like we were never apart. It's sweet time that's good for the soul.

When I read the quote on page 82, I imagined that sentence being stated while we're in Nashville.

"We can stay as long as we need to."

As long as we need to heal our wounds, to grow our faith, to figure out our paths, to build each other up...

We might just stay forever.

I know that a week isn't going to be enough. We need each other more than ever.

But a week will have to be enough for now. We have lives in different places that we need to return to. Thankfully, we have email and texting and phones to keep us in touch. It's not the same as being together but it helps. And maybe someday God will bring our paths near again.

But, until then, we'll dream of staying. Of what it would be like to be neighbors. To raise our families together. To have coffee dates and movie nights. To do life together.

Someday we'll stay.

Oh, how sweet that day will be.