For this vacation I made all of the reservations. I paid for the flight and the rental home and just before leaving secured a rental car also. I didn’t plan every moment of the trip once we arrived because I wanted my adult son to have input into what we did.
When we picked up the rental car the agreement was made that he would do the driving. I am not blessed with one navigational gene in my body and I am totally surprised I can still find my way home most days. He, on the other hand, is great at navigating. So he is the driver.
Being as we have not had good luck with restaurants here I have elected to be the chef. With all of the tropical fruit and melons it has been fun to experiment with different ideas for meals. The other day my son said he felt bad that I had to do all of the cooking. I asked him “Why would he feel bad? He was doing all of the driving and I hadn’t once felt a bit of guilt for not hailing a taxi. He was fulfilling his end of the bargain and I was doing mine.” Besides I am having fun. Cooking in this kitchen reminds me somewhat of all of the times I played as a little girl out in my playhouse which was in our garage. It is simple, fun, and unlike my playhouse, I actually cook real food.
This reminds me of the passage in the Bible where it talks about the church and how we all have our own duties to do in the church. Each church member is important in their own way. We are all supposed to flow together and help out with no one bossing or demanding that someone do their job a certain way. We all have talents and contributions to give with no one more important than the other. It would be nice if all churches worked that seamlessly but I doubt that most do.
I have learned from this trip that it is beneficial to share some of the responsibility with my son, who is a very capable young man. It has made it much less stressful for both of us and I do believe that is what a vacation is supposed to be. I wonder if that is what God had in mind when he said that we all have different responsibilities in the church and like a body we are not to discard or diminish anyone in their role.
