As you may know by now also, I’m moving to Annapolis possibly by fall. Reuniting with my father and my uncle thrills me with hope! I fairly imagine what I can (or can’t!) do when I get there. This is one of the things I have never expected to do… ever!
But, uncertainty will always rest: How will they view me? How will I view them? Will they think I’ll cut them off? Will I (or should I) be rude? How can I let them know you can’t play with me? This, coupled with the seemingly liberal American lifestyle people can have, and the numerous “Sanbalats, Tobías e Idolos” (which my abuela –or grandmother- told me there would be), and the fact that public school has many a thing that should be desired, and my inadequacy of saying something coherent in 24 hours…
I’ll never finish the list.
As you may also know, I have pointed many a failure in my character. I have shredded myself in pieces over things that look glib or superficially stupid. But now I know:
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:9)
And you can be in it, too.