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Month: August 2018

French Riviera

August 15, 2018Leave a comment

A Travel Guide to the French Riviera.

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The week I found out I was pregnant, I booked a flight home. I didn’t know what the trip would look like, I just felt the need to hug family and friends one last time before becoming a mama. // But then my expectations were absolutely exceeded when 6 ladies loved me enough to also throw me the most beautiful baby shower — something I never dreamed of having, being that we live so far away. I spent the first 30 minutes uncontrollably crying because I was so overwhelmed by how loved I felt and how much I really did need this trip home. // Baby Fine is one lucky little boy — and already has more women wrapped around his finger than he will ever know what to do with 💙

So sweet having Baby Fine accompany me this week to his 10th country — the great U.S. of A! 🇺🇸 But my excitement is nothing compared to these first time grandparents — who may or may not be doing everything they can to convince me I should never return home ☺️

Last year we spent Veteran’s Day weekend exploring the beautiful city of Prague — and then sadly came home to find out that our #homesweethomburg had been broken into. ————— Of everything that left our home at some point on that cold weekend, nothing compared to the hurt I had over my external hard-drives being taken without permission. 10+ years of pictures and videos simply gone. 85% of them irreplaceable. ————— What most people don’t know is that I’ve prayed for the majority of the last year that my main hard drive would return. I’ve spent hours begging God to bring it back to me. I’ve opened the front door many mornings and the mailbox many afternoons — extremely hopeful that it would just be there. Knowing and really believing that would be an easy task for a God as Sovereign as ours. ————— But then a couple months ago, I felt that same Sovereign God telling me to lay this prayer to rest. Not because He hadn’t heard it but because He had already answered it — with a “No”. It’s not always easy for me to understand why God answers some prayers this way, but He’s been gracious to show me that sometimes we have to release. We have to open our clenched fists and turn them upward. We have to stop looking back and asking “Why?” — and instead turn our gaze forward, walk in freedom, fight for eternal perspective, and let HIM be in charge of making things new. ————— And so this Veteran’s Day weekend, we’re staying put. Not because we’re afraid to leave, but because sometimes you just need to be at home. To rest. To eat pancakes. To drink tea. To pray. To reflect. And to be in thanksgiving for what the Lord has done — and has yet to do.

Despite the crummy weather, canceled plans, lack of Italian wine (😞), and a few hurtful words regretfully spoken — I’m so thankful to have had this “Babymoon” away with my guys. // That tall, handsome one who serves and fights for me even on my worst of days. And that little, 12-inch wiggly one who is already teaching me how to be a sacrificial mama. My heart grew for both of them this week — and I’ll take that over a perfect vacation any day. 💛

After a few long, busy and loud days in Rome, we decided to spend the next ones a bit slower on the Amalfi Coast. We were disappointed when we were greeted with a forecast of almost 100% wind and rain — but in hindsight, it’s forced us to rest and it’s certainly made us grateful for those rare moments of sunshine ✨

Ciao, Roma! ✨ I hope the 3(!) of us will be back sooner than later — we threw in a few extra coins to make sure of it 😏

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