Five years ago
#today I cried my way through saying goodbye to the church and school I’d served in
#BocaRaton for six years. It was also the first Sunday of church shutdowns due to COVID, but we were given an exemption to meet in person so everyone could say goodbye (this was still during the “don’t wear masks phase” if you remember). The result was that we were the only
#Episcopal congregation in the entire state of Florida (to my knowledge) that was worshipping in-person (and no one got sick!). After the service, I placed a dried
#lei I’d received from my interview trip to Hawai’i on my favorite bench I sat in for morning prayers, and off we went to my in-laws for a few days before our cross-country adventure and onto O’ahu.
My wife was six months pregnant with our daughter and the two boys were excited and unsure. It was the beginning of a great adventure.