Rest

The End of My Asheville Odyssey I end my summer odyssey story to Asheville, North Carolina (NC) describing several mini excursions which sound tiring, but actually led to some well-needed rest. God gives full approval to rest, even naming one day of the week as THE day to rest. Jesus rested at times from his heavy preaching schedule as in Mark 6 where after sending the 12 apostles out in pairs to preach repentance and heal the sick, he invited them on a minivacation to a secluded place to rest. My secluded place in June was Asheville. But first, we had to get there. Cinderella’s Carriage I know I sound like a broken record, but traveling with advanced stage Parkinson’s Disease is like going to war. We packed our gear and headed for battle; the airport. We took some lessons from our last vacation flight and streamlined to three suitcases, a backpack, wheelchair bag, a walker, and my wheelchair which gets checked at the airplane door. We planned as best we could for the 2:00 a.m. rise, 5...