"There's no place like home, there's no place like home..."

We just returned from Kolten Craft's wedding in Colorado Springs.  It was kind of a 3 day mini vacation blitz.  Dana and I definitely needed a break after this hectic spring.  The wedding was beautiful; mostly because it was filled with people we love very much.  The mountains, Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs and the whole area is breath-taking.  I admit being a little envious of my friends who live there.  With my mountain bike and motorcycle, I'd be in heaven; at least when it wasn't snowing.

Ten hours later when we pulled in our little crumbling driveway in urban Kansas City, it was not nearly as exotic as where we spent the last 3 days.  We were greeted by Christopher and Amaris, 2 of the neighbor kids.  Amaris gave me a hug and said she missed me.  My daughter Joyanna took over as neighborhood bike mechanic while I was gone.  I got a big hug from her.

Driving home across Kansas, you pass the Wizard of Oz Museum.  I couldn't help but think about how Dorthy goes on this amazing adventure only to realized that the place she belonged was at home in boring, uneventful, black and white , tornado filled Kansas.

God lives here in urban Kansas City just as He does in Colorado Springs.

There's no place like home.