Gretchen Pacheco's blog

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Recently I traveled 280 miles to go to a concert.  One of my favorite bands, Hawk Nelson, was playing, so we purchased tickets and prepared for our road trip.  On a side note, if you’ve been on a retreat with the REAP team in the last couple of years, chances are you’ve heard us playing them.  You can check out their music at www.hawknelson.com

My nephew, Dominick, is currently obsessed with wolf spiders.  Not too long ago he was all about anteaters and velociraptors and I’m sure it won’t be long until he moves on to some other member of the animal kingdom, but for now all he wants to know is everything about wolf spiders.  We were in the car and the questions began.  How big are wolf spiders?  Where do they live?  Do they eat people?  Have you ever seen one? 

I’ve just finished a week of sleeping on the floor with 159 other young women (yes, I absolutely count myself as a young woman) during a week-long service project and now it’s time to start thinking about spending 20+ hours on a bus, each way, in possibly snowy, sleety weather.  While the pro-life march is still six long months away, the time to plan is short.

 I have to admit that every year when I am on the way back from D.C. (or shortly after arriving home), I decide to never make that trip again.  My brain and body are still recovering from long hours on the bus and short hours in the hotel room.  I tell myself I’ll find an adult from our core team to go or that I’ll go, but that next year I’m definitely flying or…some other hazily thought out plan.