Hawaii to Tennessee

Getting back into the routine of life after a wedding and eight days of relaxing and escaping on the beautiful beaches of Hawaii has proven to be a bit challenging. However, we managed to somewhat ease into it due to a little thing called tonsillitis. While we were taking an eight-hour flight back to the states from Honolulu, an adorable dark skinned boy somewhere between the ages of 4 and 5 with an endearing smile sitting straight across the aisle from us began to produce an unsettling cough. Not the kind of polite muffled cough you hear on Sunday mornings resulting from an overabundance of perfumes filling the air. This kid was churning up something inside his chest that was ghastly. This cough reminded me of when I was a kid and Dad would pull the cord on the push mower. You’d hear grinding medal on medal, pistons choking, gas gurgling, the engine wanting to fire but not being able to catch. This poor kid no matter how hard he tried could not get out the foreign matter filling his respiratory system, yet you could feel him emitting the plague throughout the cabin with each rattling expulsion. Lena awoke to the sound and I believe her first words were, “Yep… I’m gonna be sick.” Sure enough within 24 hours, her throat got scratchy and her tonsils turned a color reminiscent of a fire truck.



After being diagnosed with tonsillitis, she was encouraged to take Monday and Tuesday off from work, which is perfect for me, because being a worship leader, Monday and Tuesday are sort of like my weekend. It was great getting to spend two days slowly adjusting to normal life with her by my side.

Since the wedding, I’ve gotten several emails. Apparently word got out about a certain rehearsal dinner video of Lena and I that magnifies the more embarrassing moments of our lives. For those of you who have inquired, I’ll try to get that up on the blog soon, as well as some pictures from the wedding. It was an amazing day getting to share such a momentous occasion with friends and family. Thank you so much for all your words of encouragement and congratulations.
Much Love,
Jason