1984 - Franklin Moves On; A Fort in The Desert; Hot Springs Baptism; China
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Many and perhaps most of the places they moved, and the moves themselves, related to her husband’s professional journey. Yet, Linda was always the one who ultimately decided, and in later years, the family relocations (or dislocations) and vacations increasingly and appropriately came about due to Linda’s explicit decisions for her profession (to China), for her inner impetus for spiritual growth (Myanmar, New Zealand, and many more). At this point in their life journey, finding a place for Paul’s Residency training after med school became their next task.
In the Spring they began searching for Residency locations in earnest.
On their search for the “perfect” residency, as was their wont, they used the opportunity to search out wild and wonderful places. This time the orienting priority was finding wilderness hot springs. Crossing southern Canada, dipping south into the upper reaches of Idaho, amid clear-cut forests now stumps on rolling hills, on a steep hillside they suss’ed out a small hot spring called Cerulean Hot Springs. It was a scramble up the scree with baby Jared, but in a small alcove facing the good-omen southeast (new beginnings, new growth; “spark of life” warmth: that’s what they perceived or hoped about their little one), that is where they baptized Jared.
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