Our older son gets back from a year abroad this morning. In some ways it has gone quickly, but in others, it seems as if he has been away forever. His wife will pick him up at the airport and I'm sure he'll go home and collapse. It is a grueling journey, and he's been working hard. We have to take our turn to see him. First they are flying to her father-in-law's memorial service, so it will be probably at least a week before we actually set eyes on him. Hopefully, we'll talk on the phone.
My "field" has been enormous during his adventure, and it now can narrow down. But will it? I've gotten used to reading the international news, becoming an expert on politics in the country where he was working. I now have a feeling sense of that area and its people. Should I abandon them because my son is home? If I can keep the field generous, I can hold a big portion of the world in my heart. If I can continue to do that, I am practicing an embracing of all peoples; an awareness that I do not wish to have slip away.
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