and we closed on our house in TN on Aug 1, 2008.
Looking back at pictures makes me realize how much things have changed. We still have so many things we would like to do around our home, but we have come a long way. It feels like home and the pictures from a year ago was a lot of chaos. Man how Blake has changed over the past year (of course he was only 13 months old when we moved).
Of course Caden has grown a lot too!! Our grass is a lot greener this year due to all the rain and the yard is A LOT more manicured (grape vines, garden, 5 apple trees, cherry trees, fig tree)
The question I get a lot when I tell people we have just now been here a year is "do you like it here?" I really don't know how to answer that. Yes, I like *things* about it and there are other *things* I miss terribly about FL. I left a job that I loved and really feel like I was meant to do and was maybe even good at "back in the day". I left friends and family who were a huge support and encouragement. We left a church family who had seen us through so many phases of life. However, if given the chance to move back today I am not sure how I would feel. Sounds odd I guess. I don't feel like our purpose here has shown itself completely yet. I am sad that we still haven't found a church home. Some of the struggles we have had have been hard, but isn't that what causes growth. "Don't be wishing you were someplace else or with someone else. Where you are right now is God's place for you. Live, obey, and love and believe right there." Thanks to all of you who read my blog that helped us a year ago either packing up in Tallahassee or helping us unpack and settle here in TN!! Thanks to all of my loyal friends who have called to check on me and encourage me. For the "old" friends who haven't forgotten me and the new friends who have "accepted" me. This has been an interesting year. I didn't come as far as I would have hoped in some ways and maybe next year I will feel like I have more to show. But I am learning and growing! "You are never alone....never despair....be not anxious. What seems to be at present a difficult situation is all part of *My* planning, and I am working out the details of circumstances so that I may bless you and reveal Myself to you in a new way"
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Remember the first year is all full of adjustments. Just trying to survive and find your new place and your new normal. It will feel more normal as time goes on.
Awe.....this post did bring tears to my eyes. I've been where you are and I can tell you ten years later I now know why God moved me away from all of my family and friends. I totally understand your thoughts. I do promise you that if you continue to trust the Father, it will all make sense. We really should talk sometime. I think we have been worlds away from each other, but lived our lives very similar.
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