~plans~
Slowly but surely the house is emptying out.
Boxes that are filled with our belongings are beginning to line the walls of the rooms here on Vaughn Street, a testament to the fact that we are leaving here and soon. Each night Mike and I have worked on sorting through a different part of the house, deciding what we want to take and giving away or selling that which we do not. We've been married nearly 6 years now, and it's amazing just how much stuff people can accumulate in even that short of a time. It actually feels good to pare down the excess.
Traveling light is a very freeing feeling most times.
Gus, our little 8-month old mini-Aussie, can sense something is up. We have tried to keep it as normal as possible, but there is only so much "normal" that can come from leaving one place and heading to another. The weeks that lie ahead until school dismisses in May will be a change in routine for Gus as well as for us. We pray for all to go well.
This entire process of life changing events has been anticipated now since this past September. At first the time crept by at the pace of that proverbial snail in molasses as we began the process of readying our house here along the Red River of northern Texas for sale. One challenging thing after another seemed to happen during the first couple of months including nearly losing little Gus to an unknown source of something that had poisoned him. Without the help and wise care of two Altus, Oklahoma vets, it would have been only Mike and I going north in May.
Since about late December, life has begun to speed by once again. After getting a contract on this house in such a very short time on the market, we began the process of looking for a new home to call our own when we move this upcoming summer. Mike and I are very thankful that we found one we liked, and literally came across it without really meaning to. We hope to close on it in March, and will probably spend most weekends up there in April as we ready it to live in. Mike and I will be living in the Oklahoma community of Newkirk, only a stone's throw from the Kansas border and just north of Ponca City where I will be teaching next year.
I don't think I could have predicted back in September just which way the decision to relocate would have taken us. Places like Ponca City and Newkirk were not really on the radar that day, nor would I have guessed in a million years that our house would sell so quickly. But I believe with all of my heart that God knew and that the plan for our lives had been set in place long before we could have even known it. It's kind of amazing how just allowing the good Lord's omnipotent wisdom to play out while we patiently wait ends up being the best thing a guy can do.
I'm thankful for where we have been.
I'm even more thankful for where we are headed.
This lovely home in Newkirk is where we shall be moving. Mike is already planning the things he will be doing to make it even nicer than it is today. We found it and it found us not by accident but by God's plan for our lives.
In the weeks that lie ahead between our closing here in Burkburnett and our move to Newkirk, this will be where we call home. It's only temporary and shall prove to be an interesting experiment in tiny house living. We are thankful for a place to find shelter in and grateful to have even a small roof over our heads.
Boxes that are filled with our belongings are beginning to line the walls of the rooms here on Vaughn Street, a testament to the fact that we are leaving here and soon. Each night Mike and I have worked on sorting through a different part of the house, deciding what we want to take and giving away or selling that which we do not. We've been married nearly 6 years now, and it's amazing just how much stuff people can accumulate in even that short of a time. It actually feels good to pare down the excess.
Traveling light is a very freeing feeling most times.
Gus, our little 8-month old mini-Aussie, can sense something is up. We have tried to keep it as normal as possible, but there is only so much "normal" that can come from leaving one place and heading to another. The weeks that lie ahead until school dismisses in May will be a change in routine for Gus as well as for us. We pray for all to go well.
This entire process of life changing events has been anticipated now since this past September. At first the time crept by at the pace of that proverbial snail in molasses as we began the process of readying our house here along the Red River of northern Texas for sale. One challenging thing after another seemed to happen during the first couple of months including nearly losing little Gus to an unknown source of something that had poisoned him. Without the help and wise care of two Altus, Oklahoma vets, it would have been only Mike and I going north in May.
Since about late December, life has begun to speed by once again. After getting a contract on this house in such a very short time on the market, we began the process of looking for a new home to call our own when we move this upcoming summer. Mike and I are very thankful that we found one we liked, and literally came across it without really meaning to. We hope to close on it in March, and will probably spend most weekends up there in April as we ready it to live in. Mike and I will be living in the Oklahoma community of Newkirk, only a stone's throw from the Kansas border and just north of Ponca City where I will be teaching next year.
I don't think I could have predicted back in September just which way the decision to relocate would have taken us. Places like Ponca City and Newkirk were not really on the radar that day, nor would I have guessed in a million years that our house would sell so quickly. But I believe with all of my heart that God knew and that the plan for our lives had been set in place long before we could have even known it. It's kind of amazing how just allowing the good Lord's omnipotent wisdom to play out while we patiently wait ends up being the best thing a guy can do.
I'm thankful for where we have been.
I'm even more thankful for where we are headed.
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