2 Weeks

2 weeks!!! 2 weeks from today we will be moving.  2 weeks from today we will be starting our new life.  2 weeks from today will get here before we know it.  In the meantime we are consumed by packing, saying goodbyes, purging old stuff that is no longer needed, and preparing ourselves for this new life.  This new life, I am not sure what that means, or what it will be like.

As we have been packing up our stuff, taking down decorations, it hit me hard.  The home we have been in for 5 years,  where we have brought 2 of our children to after they were born, the only home our oldest child really remembers and knows will no longer be ours.  Our loving church family we have been a part of for the better part of 3 years will no longer be a daily part of our lives.  The coworkers, whom I have known and worked with for nearly 10 years will no longer be a part of my work life.  This also hit me, I was in Wichita Falls to introduce that area office to my replacement.  As we were leaving I started saying my goodbyes to them.  It was harder than I thought.  Somehow I kept it together, but it was hard to do.

I know all of these people will be with me in prayer, and I will still be able to see them.  It is just a reminder that my life is going to change.  But it is a good change, a change where God is with me.  I am not hesitating, I am not wavering,

So as I approach the end of one chapter of my and my family's life, I remind myself that the next chapter is about to begin.  And like a great novel, I anxiously await the next chapter, because I know it is going to be exciting and fulfilling.

Back to packing and preparing for the end of my current career.

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