Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Changes are good???

Things around our house have been totally crazy. This summer has been really busy, which I love. I just ran my 4th half marathon, which was my worst. I woke up not feeling to great and tried to run through it, resulting in complete exhaustion. It was rough. But I'm over it now and am enjoying not having the pressure to run all the time. I think I'm going to take a little break from running and try some other workouts. I love working out and how it makes me feel, I feel like its the one thing I can control and do for myself, only myself. Our family is also going through some major life challenges and changes. I'm having so many mixed emotions about it. Michael is graduating school next week. I have been waiting for this for 10 looooong years. I am beyond excited for this to happen. But it also brings with it a whole new set of worries and changes. We have to figure out where to get a new job, if we should move our family out of state, if I should sell everything I own to make the move easier, If I should start the kids in school here or wait to see what happens with the move, how we will survive financially until the new job starts, how to pay for a cross state move, how my kids will do in a new school with new friends, needing actual health insurance.......its all completely over whelming. I mean, completely. I am so excited for it to happen but I just need it to happen. We are in such a hard spot right now, waiting for interviews to be set up. I feel like so much has to happen so fast in order for this to work out the way we need it to. The only thing that is getting me through is the constant prayer I have in my heart. I talk to Heavenly Father all day long, like an endless conversation, telling him my worries and what I need, while also expressing my gratitude for everything I do have and for this amazing opportunity.  Having complete faith that this will work out is something I'm learning to do. I ask for the Lords hand in this and I am basically handing over control of our lives to him. Writing a tithing check for the last few dollars in your account is truly humbling, but I am grateful for the chance I have to do it and hold up my end of the bargain. And I don't even want to talk about how hard it will be to leave our lives we have had here for the last 6 years. We have made such amazing friends and had a great life here. It will be a very hard thing to leave it (as much as I despise Utah). But I trust that whatever happens and wherever we end up will be where we are suppose to be. Its the not knowing part that is killing me right now. I know I will look back on this and wonder why I even worried. I hope so anyway! Changes are good. Moving forward is good. And knowing I have someone listening to my prayers making sure we are taken care of is more than good.