Summer

It has now been a couple days since we moved into our new house. So far we love it and are so thankful to be there. For the first time in a long time I feel "settled". Although i better enjoy it while it lasts since next year we will be doing it again.
The temps have been averaging around 100 and yes there is humidity in Kansas. Praise the Lord for air conditioning. Its to hot to feel motivated to do much.
James only has 3 1/2 weeks of internship left at the hospital. While he is looking forward to the end the experience he has gained have been invaluable. Jessica is working at a nursing home as an aide and is enjoying it. She comes home with some very funny stories. Courtney is sleeping late, and swimming with friends. What more could you ask of a summer then that. My summer schedule has remained the same as the rest of the year. Thats OK though. I really wanted a little normalcy in my life and I think this is it. My chance to catch my breath a little.

Moving Again

Yesterday, July 13, I found myself moving things to our new house. The significance in that? July 13, 2009 the movers were at our house in Ohio to move us to Kansas. It was a horrible day. This time is different. While I didn't enjoy the work in the 100 degree temperature it is a good move. Bigger house, same rent. Next year I will most likely find myself doing the exact same thing. I have no clue where we will be headed at that time. Hopefully in 2012 I will not be moving! July 14, 2009 we said good-bye to James' mom thinking we would never see her alive again. Thankfully God graced us with the opportunity to return to see her before she passed away. Tomorrow will be the anniversary of our arrival in Kansas (it will probably never be the same again). When we got here the time here stretched out before us endlessly, now I can't believe a year is already behind us. Less then one to go then who knows where we will be headed. Its exciting to think of what might be before us.

Daddy's Girl

I left Ohio to fly back to Kansas today. I felt like I was leaving one world and going to another. Traveling by plane is something I do for convenience or necessity but not because I enjoy it. More like I endure it. I always pray right before take off. Today as God and I were having our chat I asked him to watch over his wimpy daughter. A little thrill just shot through me. Not at the wimpy part but the fact that I am his daughter. I've thought of myself as his in more of a general sense. I am God's daughter, the infinite Creator of the Universe, Lord, Abba, he is my Father. That awesome fact has just sunk in and it fills me with joy and wonder. I just pray that whatever I do I can more fully be, My Father's daughter.

Family & Friends

My time here in Ohio is winding down to a close. It went way to fast, and is a little bittersweet. In some ways I was the outsider looking in but in other ways it felt like I never left. I had the opportunity to have dinner with a bunch of my sunday school class and it felt so good. It was great to see everyone, I was touched that they took time out of their busy schedules on a holiday week for me, and also sad that I need to leave these dear friends again. My little nieces and nephews are growing up so fast. Thankfully some are still young enough to bribe with gum or candy. No, I am not above that. Sometimes when everyone is gathered together I just mentally step back and watch all the interaction. I see what a great dad my younger brother has become, the inner radiance of my expecting niece, the quiet pain on my mothers face. Its my family, and I am going to miss them.