If you read this blog, then you are more than likely a member of my family and already know about the major life change of moving our family across state lines. It was weird how it happened, quickly, like a bandaid - it was painful to leave our lives behind that we had established over the last 8 years together, but it happened so quickly that it didn't leave us a whole lot of time to experience the pain. The pain of moving and the sadness that accompanies telling wonderful friends goodbye. Things happened so quickly and the whole universe seemed to act in our favor in such a way, that it was nothing less than the hand of God letting us know that this decision is one that we needed to make.
Fast forward to today. Halloween, October 31. We have been living in Louisiana for three full months now and we are starting to adjust to our life here. We have three kids at three different schools - that in itself is quite the challenge! In a place where I grew up as a child and a teenager, it was rather foreign to me living here as a parent raising children. We are making new friends though and reuniting with old ones and we are surrounded by lots of family! There are no more random people from Sitter City watching my children, thank you Lord.
Bryan got a little aluminum boat to take the kids fishing and boy do they love to fish! It's the last thing they talk about before they go to bed and they count down the days until daddy gets off work for the weekend to take them fishing. In addition to the fishing, there is constant playing and running and little black feet. Long gone are the days where I might get away with skipping a bath now and then because they didn't play outside or if they did, they weren't getting dirty in our 2x2 yard. Nope, I'm washing more clothes and more dirty, smelly boys for sure. I love it though. They are even more hungry too! In fact, we're all more hungry, maybe too hungry - there is no shortage of gumbo and rice and gravy in Cajun country! Guess we (myself and Bryan) better watch all that good food.
This is a new adventure for us and although rewarding, it is also challenging. Finding the right schools for two very different little boys and one teenage girl is stressful - it gives me anxiety every day. I just pray that God gives me the wisdom to make the right decision. We also miss our friends and family in Texas very, very much. They were so good to us and it is hard to think about them over there. We will visit soon though and all of us will continue to live life to the fullest in whatever hand we are dealt.
I thank God for these blessings. I love the trees, the squirrels, the plethora of cousins that surround us and the black feet. Oh how I love those black feet! Those feet tell me that my boys are playing hard and if that doesn't tell me enough, they are falling asleep while reading their books at night - something they never did before and it sure makes me smile.
As always, there is more to write, but we have some Halloween parties to get ready for and it must wait for another time.
Happy Halloween from myself, Bryan, a ninja turtle (Donatello to be exact), Spiderman and Little Red Riding Hood!
