The Great MOVE

So life has a funny way of making sure that I have new challenges and reasons to add more layers of who i am. lol Literally, layers, since we now live in the Northern section of America. I think its funny that before Alan and I got married we talked about how much we loved the summer and hot weather, while some people would complain about being sweaty or too hot we were like lizards ready to bake out in the sun. So we told each other that when we got married we would live in the south or somewhere warm. JA!

But I guess we did live in Texas for the first 2 months of our marriage and we had awesome weather, little did we know God was working his magic to send us to New York. Alan got a job offer during June and we moved to Lakewood, NY end of July begining of August. 

The nice thing we had was that our relatives in Texas gave us a house to live in for free and we still were close enough to the ranch and would go hang out there whenever we could. So we do miss having open country space but once we came up to NY to look for an apartment we realized that we were going to some what of a country place in NY too!

You should have seen us throwing our stuff together and hitting the road to start our new adventure. I think that during the move it hadnt set in yet, at least in my mind, how much we would miss Texas and that we were actually starting our lives out, independently..you know away from our familys (our support systems).

Although I knew it would be EVEN further away from California, I knew that it was for the best and really Alan getting his job was an answer to prayer. He had been looking for a job for over half a year and with the wedding, honeymoon, move from Cali to Tex we were really low low on funds. So God provided once again like He always does. He Da MAN..I mean GOD! lol


So yes, there was a whole mix of emotions (excited, sad, happy, anxious, curious, and thankfulness of course)

So we live in a 4 plex apartment complex in Lakewood, which is a town and its just outside the city of Jamestown. But when people ask where we live (people not from this area) we say Jamestown because its the "bigger" city. I love where we live because its right on a historic street with a park at the end of the street that oversees the Lake. :)

Right now its all covered with SNOW but in the spring and summer I know it will be beautiful again. I think that its also pretty cool that we have our own 2 bed room apartment. I do miss having a garden or backyard but at least we have a little balcony! We get to have our Grill out there and when it was warm I had my plants and flower out there. I was able to grow some tomatoes and green beans. My favorite was seeing my flowers grow!  So life is good.

To end if off even though I do deeply miss the beaches of Cali and WEATHER!.lol I finally experienced Winter for the first time. Its a season of waiting, hibernating and rest. REST, yes that,what is that??? lol I am coming to appreciate that word more and more. Not just the whole getting more sleep and doing nothing rest. But the resting of my soul, mind and heart. Resting in appreciating the small and big things around me and watching love in the moments of stillness.