So blogger just became even cooler. It has this new thing where you can follow blogs easier by adding them to a dashboard thing and then as they are updated you know easier than going and checking those blogs all the time. Pretty sweet.
So I was adding my friends blogs to my follow list and one of my friends had this quote in the most recent post:
There is magic in long-distance friendships. They let you relate to other human beings in a way that goes beyond being physically together and is often more profound. ~Diana Cortes
I liked it a lot, but sadly it hasn't been very true in my friendships. For a couple it has, like with the person who posted it,and a few more, but with most of them, my friendships with them have died out. Makes me sad. I am a person who relies on friends and good friends at that, but I am also a person who moves around quite a bit. So through that, this quote has come true, or more, been proven wrong time and time again.
The one thing that always makes me sick about making a move is that your "friends" always tell you that they are going to come and visit, but I have had that happen maybe twice in my life. If I do ever see them again, it is because I make the visit to them. I feel like that is wrong, but it is something that I have come to realize is a part of life.
I do feel however, that I am in a stage in life that I am making friends that will always be friends. I have some awesome friends here in O-Town and I feel and believe that I will always have them as friends. I have learned to not believe when friends say they will come and visit me, but I feel that these friends, maybe not right away or all the time, will come and visit me for vacations :)
So... LIFE AS I KNOW IT... that is a scary statement sometimes. Life right now is a waiting game. A game that usually I don't like to play. But right now I am surprisingly at piece with it. We are still waiting to make the final decision about FL, but Jon and I both feel that God is calling us there and that he will somehow work it out to get us there.
A couple of the reasons I personally feel this:
1)I have prayed that God would provide someone to replace me at my job because I felt bad just being hired and then possibly having to move right when they will need me most. I had know one in mind, then within like a week I had two people I could recommend for my Job!
2)I started praying before we went down to Jax to check it out that if God is moving us there, that He would provide for me a job, because with the FL economy it could take a long time for me to find one. We go down there, I share that I love kids and I was going for El Ed and the worship guy and his wife both work in schools and both their mom's work in schools and I could have basically had a job as a para that weekend in the school district down there! crazy huh?
3)We felt very comfortable with the staff down there. The church planter and his wife remind me a lot of my family, which was awesome and would help me, I think, with my homesickness for my family if we moved there.
4)My mom's job just got even sweeter. I believe in a couple weeks or after the New Year she will be able to work while she travels so she won't have to use as many vacation days, but they could come see us more without it affecting her because she would be able to work from FL!
There is so much more but that is some of it. God is just showing us so many opportunities down there and making us feel as though we should be there now, but we are waiting for the right time. It will be exciting whenever it happens though.
In other news:
We get to be with my family for Thanksgiving!!! I am super excited. I miss them so much and this may be one of the last times I see them for a while. I hate living far away. But I am thankful for facebook and allowing me to watch my nephew's grow without having the privilege of being there to witness it.
We also get to go to FL for Christmas, which should be a hoot. I love the Randall Clan and the Berg Clan. Such a great group of people that I am privileged to call my family now. It will be fun to be able to spend my first Christmas with them this year!
Well that's all for now.. :)
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