Originally Posted June 25th, 2008
First my sweet cousin Jen took off to Montana this past February. When she left I couldn’t stop the tears and cried all the way down her drive way. I didn’t even say bye to her kids because I didn’t think I could. Montana is her paradise on earth and they’re happy to be there and I’m happy for them… BUT …
Next comes my sister Tam, who’s following my cousin. I just live in denial right now. She leaves in July…she thinks sometimes that people won’t miss her…oh how little does she know how much she’s loved…. I will miss her… I wish not to see her go and secretly hoping it’s not forever. God’s got something big for her there and I know this is a good thing for her… BUT…
BUT these two people have been a huge part of my life forever but most most most the last 3 years. What will I do with them so far away? We’ve got together once a month for the last 3 years for our girls night. We loved going to out to eat at different restarants, each ordeing something different and sharing. We always tried new countries. Our favorite is Greek or Israel type food… Then it was a bookstore where we’d sit in the “religious” section and talk about God for hours. Shopping sometimes and coffee always (or tea for Jen) I especially remember the prayer sessions too. We all have God/Jesus in common and that bonded us like nothing else could.
Friday will bring us all together for for the first time since Feb. We may try to squeeze one more in July before Jake and I drive her to Montana in July.
Then today I found out that my brand new BFF (
) ) Brandi is moving to a town 4+ hours away. We’ve just got to know eachother since April, God’s got us on similar paths and we clicked instantly… And she gave me back my joy of writing … Again it’s a situation where I’m happy for her as I’m always happy for people to experience new things and go on adventure’s and embrace whatever God has for them….BUT…
BUT we just met…we have kids similar ages, we laugh, we’re silly, we both like red wine, we both annoy our husband with our inconsistant feeling with schooling our kids, we only live about 15 minutes away from eachother…we both have felt like islands amongst the trees, we both just got comfy at Calvary and made connections…now we both follow our husbands and we’re ok with that because we LOVE God and know that we’re really following HIM, our Home.
As the tears sting my eyes right now I am telling the truth when I say I’m happy for each of these individuals…I KNOW that God has a plan for each of us. I pray we go forth and take all that He has for us and embrace it!! For this is not our home. Home is where Jesus is.
But…
First my sweet cousin Jen took off to Montana this past February. When she left I couldn’t stop the tears and cried all the way down her drive way. I didn’t even say bye to her kids because I didn’t think I could. Montana is her paradise on earth and they’re happy to be there and I’m happy for them… BUT …
Next comes my sister Tam, who’s following my cousin. I just live in denial right now. She leaves in July…she thinks sometimes that people won’t miss her…oh how little does she know how much she’s loved…. I will miss her… I wish not to see her go and secretly hoping it’s not forever. God’s got something big for her there and I know this is a good thing for her… BUT…
BUT these two people have been a huge part of my life forever but most most most the last 3 years. What will I do with them so far away? We’ve got together once a month for the last 3 years for our girls night. We loved going to out to eat at different restarants, each ordeing something different and sharing. We always tried new countries. Our favorite is Greek or Israel type food… Then it was a bookstore where we’d sit in the “religious” section and talk about God for hours. Shopping sometimes and coffee always (or tea for Jen) I especially remember the prayer sessions too. We all have God/Jesus in common and that bonded us like nothing else could.
Friday will bring us all together for for the first time since Feb. We may try to squeeze one more in July before Jake and I drive her to Montana in July.
Then today I found out that my brand new BFF (
) ) Brandi is moving to a town 4+ hours away. We’ve just got to know eachother since April, God’s got us on similar paths and we clicked instantly… And she gave me back my joy of writing … Again it’s a situation where I’m happy for her as I’m always happy for people to experience new things and go on adventure’s and embrace whatever God has for them….BUT…BUT we just met…we have kids similar ages, we laugh, we’re silly, we both like red wine, we both annoy our husband with our inconsistant feeling with schooling our kids, we only live about 15 minutes away from eachother…we both have felt like islands amongst the trees, we both just got comfy at Calvary and made connections…now we both follow our husbands and we’re ok with that because we LOVE God and know that we’re really following HIM, our Home.
As the tears sting my eyes right now I am telling the truth when I say I’m happy for each of these individuals…I KNOW that God has a plan for each of us. I pray we go forth and take all that He has for us and embrace it!! For this is not our home. Home is where Jesus is.
But…
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