Blessings

I am so blessed. I was thinking this today. Blessed to be doing something so exciting that I have always wanted to do. Blessed to have SO many great friends...more than i realized. Blessed to have found an awesome church family. Blessed to be financially able to make this move. Just blessed. It sounds cliche...to me because its something I hear people saying a lot. But to be able to say that we are blessed...truly blessed...is a profound thing. My old cynical-in-a-bad-spot-in-life-self used to think that I would never be able to say that I was blessed again. But even then, God was blessing me just in the way that he was using those bad times to sharpen the mental and emotional traits that I would need for this next leg in the journey. I just couldn't see it at the time (of course we never can). So, my old in-a-bad-spot-self sort of still feels like these blessings that I am reaping now are too good to be true. In fact, I feel a little guilty and undeserving. I almost (just almost) am afraid to do anything the least bit bad (even step on a bug) because I don't want to attract any bad karma. However, I shouldn't feel this way because it is possible, but more likely probable, that God just loves us that much. And he wants to bless us all. Because He loves us that much. Wow. Three more days until we move to SC!

Packing it up...

Packing up our memories in little boxes and carrying them with us...that's what we are doing right now. I have lived in Russellville my whole life, and its quite hard to imagine myself not living here. Right now, it feels like I am packing for a vacation, although it will be a quite permanent one. Sifting and sorting through 35 years of stuff.....business and personal.....and deciding what to keep and what to give/throw away is a daunting task. There is a limited amount of space for all of our things, so what can we bear to leave behind...because it can't all go with us. Its been fun to relive the planning of certain sets (This was from Easter 2000!) and recount the buying of certain things (My first prop). The teddy bear that Jack was photographed by in his first picture when he was just 9 pounds has to go (no room!). All of those old things have to go to make room for new things. Such is life I guess...new things are exciting but letting go of old is bittersweet. The old things now live on in our memories and will be visited often, but we are SO excited about new adventures. So, for now, we are only packing the things in our boxes that are absolutely essential for our growth in the future. Now, which auction box is that teddy bear in? I might need it :)

We are beginning on a new adventure. One that began as a whisper in our hearts but gradually started shouting until we couldn't ignore it anymore. We are sad to be leaving many GREAT friends, but so excited to see what God has in store for us as we trust Him for our every need. We want to share our adventure with you. Follow along and experience it with us!