Pumpkins with Pop Pop

We had fun at the pumpkin patch with Pop Pop, who came to visit us for a few days at the start of the month. (Thank you for all the fun and treats!).

While Pop Pop loaded up our haul of pumpkins into the car, the four of us embarked on a corn maze adventure.  The first five minutes were fun and then we were stuck in the middle and could not find our way out.  We would make a turn and think we were heading down the right path—then dead end.  This went on for at least twenty minutes (twenty minutes with a three, five year-old, tall man who had to crouch and a just bit claustrophobic mommy) and as the sun beat down, the sweat trickling down our faces, the frustration and fear mounting…we just stopped mid-maze for a minute and had a family pow-wow.

We decided we would all stick together, we would take turns being the leader and we would figure it out together.  Mark and I looked at each other and had to laugh, guessing God needs to give us messages pretty directly these days.  Working together we made it to the other side, —no tears, no whining, no panic attacks, from the big or small people. It was a reminder that this season is making us all a little stronger, our team a little tighter and when we face those turns, walls and starting over points, we just take a deep breath and keep going.