S.E.E.L Retreat

The SEEL Retreat's focus in the past month has been on the Easter story.  In some ways, this is a dark and gloomy portion of the retreat.

After Easter, we have the chance to embrace the joy of the resurrection.

However, we still have one week until then.  I am anxious to skip over the hard parts of this week and instead focus on the joy that comes with Easter morning. But without the death, there is no new birth.  Without the hard parts, we don't learn how wonderful the good parts are.

For me, the time since the beginning of the year has been great.  Progress has been made toward adding to my family, so anticipation is in the air.  In reviewing last fall's journal, I noted that I felt like I was walking through a desert valley.  I'm not sure whether that was due to the lack of momentum toward the foster care and adoption or if it was the difficulty I had with one of my classes.  Or if it was the struggle I had with the adjustment to this retreat.  In any event, it was very insightful to see how things went once I persevered through it.