Where Did the Waves Go?

ed note: Tammy ends our month of one blog post per day.  We hope you enjoy it!

Tammy: "Where did the waves go?" 
Rob: "Don't worry, they'll be back."

We had this exchange during our last full day on Kaua'i and it made me wonder how much of a metaphor this could be for our life on the farm, work, etc.  We were watching the surfers and those who seemed to be most successful seemed to know how to be patient.  They were actively looking for the right waves and put themselves in the right position to ride that wave.  Sometimes, as they paddled back out, they would dive under a wave rather than be pummeled by the surf.

We hope one take away from this trip is that we remember how to manage the waves that come with farming and teaching, figuring out when to wait for the next wave, deciding when to dive under as the wavers break and looking for ways to ride the wave into shore.