“We discover each other by following the same vocation and by supporting each other in the same search. Therefore, the Christian community is not a closed circle of people embracing each other, but a forward-moving group of companions bound together by the same voice asking for their attention.”
~Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out:
The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life~

Earlier this afternoon our paper group met for a video chat meeting. There seemed to be some miscommunication regarding what parts everybody was doing, or rather, things were getting done in a way that were different from how I thought they were getting done when I sent out our paper document with all of the headings. Last I knew we split the rubric up in thirds, two parts each. But now words were showing up that had their own headings and were not part of what I thought our original plan was.

I was a little stressed but not horribly. These things get done, they always do. I’m finishing up on my part tonight and feel like I should be able to get most of it done. In a perfect world it would be amazing if everyone has their parts finished up by noon tomorrow, and the rest of the day can be spent putting together the final draft. This paper could be done an entire day ahead of time. I would hope for the teacher to have some leniency on an assignment like this.

I texted my son this morning to see how his blisters were doing. He said they were alright. I said I was unsure on whether or not to check in about them or if I should just not worry about it. I want to make sure they are healing okay and that he’s doing what he can to take care of them well. But I also don’t want to bother him if he’s doing fine. He said they were okay and he’d let me know if something goes wrong. I said okay and felt okay about that. And I did feel better. I didn’t understand how hard this can be.