I get to travel to communities and be in the community. Community is where we develop relationships that give us understanding. Understanding and relationships give us meaning, shared connections, and stories for our journeys ahead.
Long drive to nowhere
West Inn welcomes us back
Duck taped stairs
Jane gulping Red Bull at the front desk
Whispering to cowboy Jason about the two kids
Walking in with their grandma
Parents lost in the world.
Walking at sunrise
On a dead-end road
Beauty comes in through weeds in the cracked asphalt
Barking dogs shaking the trailer doors
Planning all day
Everything and nothing is said.
Hundreds gather for free bingo
Don’t grab the dab that isn’t yours
Hold your bingo until it’s time
We didn’t win.
Back at the West Inn, nearly every dish ordered
Calories enough for 20
Sleep comes
Ed shows at 7, it’s breakfast
Still full, we order more and mostly listen.
Employee appreciation
105 degrees
Drinks with boba
Blue tablecloths - we are grateful centerpieces
Pendleton prizes
Cornhole badminton ladder games golf swings
Famous Dave’s catering
Introductions and goodbyes.
Jessica floors it to Williston
We talk all the way
Airport rush for nothing
Heat delays and tired employees
At their mercy we wait
Finally on the plane
130 degrees
Drunk oilfield workers
Missing connection
Missing home
But it was worth it.
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