where to start...

I have been meaning to write this post for the last two weeks and just haven't worked myself up for it. It's one of those posts I've actually been dying to write, and somehow the moment just never seemed right. So instead of waiting for the moment to feel right, I'm just going to write.

This was my first weekend away from home. For almost four years I have been a part of the CCC family, and this was my first weekend away. I didn't hate it and I didn't love it...it was what it was.

I'm not a huge fan of change. I know, shocking, right? But really. I can roll with the punches as well as the next guy, but ask me to voluntarily change something major about my life, and I'm a bit resistant. I've known this was coming since December, and still...it's a little like leaving my world behind. Not only am I no longer working as an Arts Director, I am now attending Luc's church in Plano--which is hugely exciting for us! It is unfortunate, though, that it requires me to say goodbye (for now) to a place that has changed me in a few short years.

Life really is all about people, isn't it? It has taken me the better part of 25 years to realize that it's our relationships in life that make all the difference. Working in ministry really opened my eyes to that, for better or worse, and there are so many relationships I would never have experienced if not for being here and being part of CCC. God really always knows what He's doing, He has proved that to me consistently, and bringing me here was one of those situations that I knew was too coincidental to be mere coincidence. I am fully convinced that He brought me here to meet the people I did, establish the friendships I have, find myself and grow into that person, meet my husband, and continue a journey of faith and trust, pushing me to the limits of my self.

I'm not a huge fan of goodbyes, either, and so while I could name drop for another whole post, I won't. So many people have contributed to my journey in the last three and a half years, and it would be too hard to say goodbye through a blog post. So thank God for the internet, which allows us to follow each other's lives even though our paths may not cross again.

Oh, and what am I doing now, you ask? I just started working for a small publishing company in South Barrington as an assistant publisher for a local magazine (finally putting that English degree to good use). I'll be around. I'm still the go-to girl for proofreading, if anyone needs something edited. I actually get paid to do that now...

It's been a trip.
Where to start?
Where to end?