Sunday, August 9, 2009
11:34 a.m.
We’re on the homestretch, currently about 20 miles from Richmond, VA—where we’ll stop at the Poe Museum. I’m so ready to be home.
Yesterday we saw the Mark Twain house in Hartford. It was by far the most gorgeous of all the houses we’ve seen this week. And hearing the stories about Twain was fascinating. I love Twain—he was such a loveable rascal, much like his beloved characters Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.
Then we set out for the American School for the Deaf—the first Deaf school in the country, founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc. But we never found it. The GPS couldn’t locate the address, so after driving up and down Main Street for half an hour, we went back to the Twain house to get directions. According to Google, we were only 2 miles from the school. Two miles. We went back out, but never found it. It was like it had been hidden from us—sort of like Diagon Alley is hidden from the Muggles in Harry Potter. The only explanation I have is that it wasn’t God’s time for me to see the school yet. Of course I was a bit disappointed, but I’m trusting that God’s timing is perfect.
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I was so disappointed that we'd missed the ASD, but I agree with you that perhaps it wasn't time. Besides, this gives us excellent motivation to revisit New England, right?
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