"The Shawshank Redemption" is one of my favorite movies. The following is one of my favorite quotes, and I think, interpreted somewhat loosely, yet somewhat literally, it applies to our situation. Well really, it applies more appropriately to Ryan's.

"I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it's the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope."

-- Christy (and Ryan!)

Psalm 140:7,  "O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thous hast covered my head in the day of the battle."