Leaving.....

Tomorrow morning Luke (my youngest) leaves for Japan. He has had this crazy affection toward Japan for years, starting with admiration for the Samurai and their code of honor. He has always been a homebody, but I knew that someday he would go. He needed to......he needs to. He has to figure out why God placed this country in his heart and what he might have for him there. So off he goes. It is a long way for a homebody (or a homefry, as he used to call himself). It is long way for all of us, but hearts don't know distance, they know longing. I want to say, "Ja, mata!" (see you soon), but must say "Sayonara!" (see you in a long time). Good-bye, Luke! I'll miss you so much!