I have decided to stay in SoCal, though my family is moving up north to Redding, CA. This may be a long or short-term situation...I suppose we shall see how hard it is to be so far from my family. But for now, the Gallachers, a dear family from my church, have agreed to let me stay with them for awhile. Which brings me to...
Dust:
Seriously, twenty-seven years of stuff collects a LOT of dust. But here's the question: Why do I have SO MUCH stuff???????????????? Well, I have so much stuff because I keep stinkin' EVERYTHING! Seriously...I have book reports from 2nd grade. This is not good. I don't have room for all my homework from college...but how can I get rid of it? Notes from Bible classes...of course I'll need those some day! Textbooks from Music History...I hated that class, but I might want to look something up sometime...I totally need those! And the syllabus from Children's Literature...well, I can't get rid of that!
It was actually really fun to go through some of my old memorabilia with my friend Heather Kern. Heather and I have been good friends for more than a dozen years, and so many of my memories have her in them: pictures from a Counseling seminar, curriculum from Children's Institutes, pictures from summer camp, a Thanksgiving play that our families wrote one year...so much fun! Thank you Heather for being such a wonderful, faithful, fun, encouraging, comforting friend! And also, thank you for helping me pack and move! You are the best EVER!!!
Dispatch:
To dispatch is "to send off to a destination or for a purpose." My family is being dispatched...and I am sad to see them go. I'm sad that I won't be able to pop by and visit them whenever I want. Sad to say goodbye to the place I have called "home" since I was 4 years old. I guess I just thought that wherever I went, I could always come back here. Well, God had other plans, and though I'm sad, I'm also excited to see what God has in store for me and my family. As much as I dislike change and turmoil, I know that God often uses them to draw us closer to Himself. So, I choose to find joy in the unknown, and I choose to be excited about this new adventure, and I choose to trust that God will be glorified in this.
Shaina
Shaina: This is a lovely post of your life, where it has been and to the future, where it is going. Our travels in life take us places we never imagine. Life is directed by our Heavenly Father and this is good. We like life the way it is and sometimes because we are familiar with the way it is. So My dear Shaina....God is with you in all things. We are here for you and know that your dear family is off to a new adventure. I will miss them, too. In His love, Debby
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