rechelle's lifelyrics

After being gone 3 more nights than I originally planned, I’m finally home and happy for the things I experienced and learned on my journey. Some things were really hard to go through, but in every bad situation I have a positive takeaway and thanksgiving in my heart. I think it is the beginning of my newest song…

I had a gallstone attack on the night before I was supposed to fly home, so that ended up extending my time away quite a bit. I was supposed to be home by Valentine’s Day. Instead, it took more hotel time and drama at the airports before I made it back to Portland, Oregon. It was a huge blessing that Ray decided to find a place for us to stay overnight in Portland before the 2 hour drive home, because I had already been in airports and on planes for 16 hours that day.

After all was said and done, my son-in-law asked me if I was discouraged from travelling to see them in Tennessee. But I feel like there were so many experiences that I learned from and enjoyed, that I am not shying away from the idea of future travel!

I got to spend time with some of my family in Arizona, and had a really sweet time with my daughter and her husband in Tennessee. I really compare my trip to going through life. The journey is often hard with obstacles that seem impossible to overcome. But with faith and hope that those challenges will ultimately create good things, the burdens are much easier to endure.