As most of you already know, we are moving to California. You have probably noticed that I have been a little sparce in writing on the blog the last few weeks. It has just been so very busy, trying to figure out where we will be living, when will we leave, what to do with the house, cleaning out closets and trying to figure out what furniture to sell, what to take, what to give away…If you have moved, you know what I am talking about. Each time I go to lunch with a friend, I wonder if that is the last time I will be sitting across the table from them, talking about familiar things that have developed between us the last 10 years. It is emotionally draining to say the least. At this point, I cannot even talk about leaving family without tearing up. So will not talk about that today. I want to ask you to do me a favor and be patient with me the next 3 or 4 weeks. We will be driving Randy out to California in November and I will be flying back and forth during the months of Nov and Dec. So bear with me. When we get settled I will get back to normal (well, for me, hum……I guess that brings a smile to my face as everyone who knows me says that I am not normal, so guess we can’t go there) But….things will settle down after Janurary and it will be a little easier to sit down and write. The holidays will be a hard time as I know that right after them, we will be flying out for the last time from a place which holds so many wonderful memories, so many wonderful and precious friends and familiar sites, El Fenix every Wednes night for the $4.99 enchilada special with friends. Larry’s burger when we have been working outside and too tired to cook, so we put the top down, head out for one of our most favorite burgers and let the wind blow in our face all the way out and back. Breakfast with 4 other couples once a month on a Saturday morning, laughing and talking about how awful it is to get old. Art on Wednesday at Hobby Lobby,and then lunch with Cora, sitting in the same pew every Sunday morning at church, our kids dropping by because they were in the neighborhood…these are just a few of the things that we will be missing and remembered when we have left and unpacking boxes in a new place.
But……we will look forward to what God has in store for us in this new season of our lives. Randy is excited and ready for this new challenge. I will begin to look for a place that will give art lessons. We will explore different churches and find out where God wants us to be in service to Him…….that’s always the thing. When you find out where God is wanting you to be, you can rest assured that He will bless you in such a way that the precious new memories, the new friends will become like family to you. We can always know that if it is Him that is leading you , that He will surround you with precious Christian friends who will embrace you and make you feel like you have lived there forever. I know that is true, because that is what happend when He lead us to California a few years back and again when we came to Dallas. We have learned that putting Him first in every decision, no matter if it is where to live, what church to go to, what job you should have, each of these will always be a greater adventure when you allow Him to be your guide. So we will leave Dallas, with my big hair, a case of hair spray and diet Dr Pepper and my bag of M&M’s, my Southern recipes for chicken fried steak, with tears in my eyes, but ready to take on a new season, a new adventure to see what God is leading us to do…….so…California here we come, right back where we started from back in 2002………………The blog will continue, it just might have a few new catagories such as, sushi, toful meatloaf or wine/pistachio encrusted tilipia over seaweed………Thank you for continuing to read the blog and for the comments you leave. They bless my heart to read them and to know that you are enjoying reading the blog………Don’t feel to sorry for us, we are headed to the land of In and Out Burger witht the best french fries in the world