unplug

Unplug means to disconnect. It means to free of an obstruction, unclog.

When things are clogged, pressure builds. Plaque builds up in our arteries and leads to high blood pressure. Our souls get clogged too. We need space to let the stress out. For our family, the mountains provide the perfect playground.

Right now we are headed to the Smoky Mountains for fall break. We are so wedged in the truck we don't even need seat-belts! Notice the items piled around Sam's head in the photo above.

To play requires equipment! To play requires that I not take myself so seriously. To play requires risk.

A few miles down the road a juicy furry spider crawled across the windshield. Sam shouted from the back as he spotted him first: "SPIDER!"

Screams erupted from every McMurray. Each mouth spoke a plan for survival and a swift death to the spider. Our fearless leader hushed all of us with his words: "I've got this." He squashed the chubby arachnid.

As the squished body fell, it hit Matt on the leg and he screamed a grown-up-man-scream. All of us started hollering. And then laughed a deep cleansing kind of merry.

It won't be the last of this trip.

Have a great fall break, y'all!