A few weeks ago, I had the honor of celebrating my parent's 50th anniversary.  The majority of the family came together for a week at Blue Mountain Beach, Florida.  We had not done this in several years...I believe the last time, my eldest was only a few months old.  To remember this wonderful occasion, we decided to take one big family picture on the beach.

 

I was looking forward to this, but I had also hurt my foot.  I knew we would be walking a good distance to find the right spot, where the beach was not crowded.  Let me tell you the beach was a gorgeous see-through blue and the sand was white like snow.  The only thing is that walking through that white powdered sand takes work and the friction was hurting my foot.   

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My father had his camera and was finding the right spot for the family photo.  So naturally, I was following behind him.  Each time I took a step, my foot sunk down and it hurt!  I was trying to figure out how to get to our destination without being in pain.  It was at that moment, that I decided to try to walk on my father's footprints.  It was so easy!  The sand was already compacted down.  I wasn't sinking and the sand was not hurting my foot as bad!  And it was at that time that it kind of sunk into me, a vision of what we are doing for our children!

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Some of you are walking out on a completely new path than what you grew up with.  You know who you are.  The ones who have decided to not continue on the same trajectory.