Where to start... Tim and I were married in June of 2003 after meeting 18 months earlier on a cruise. We did the long distance thing for about 9 months. I decided to move from Long Beach, WA. Rochester, NY where he lived at the time. After one month of being there he proposed. Nine months later we were married in Tacoma, WA, went on our honeymoon in Jamaica, then to Watertown, NY for a second reception.
On February 25th, 2004 we had our first baby boy, Thomas Charles, who we named after Tim's older brother who has passed away. On February 15th, 2008 after four IUI's 2 years of trying to have another baby, we had our second baby boy, Benjamin Mark. He shares Tim's middle name. Just four quick months after giving birth, we found out I was pregnant and on March 29th, 2009, we had our third baby boy, Carson Albert. His middle name is after my aunt Alberta who passed away from cancer.
In 2010 we moved our family from Rochester to Watertown. Tim's father has MS and we wanted to help more than we could from Rochester. We had a house built and his parents moved in with us. We grew a lot in Watertown.... We were forever changed individually and as a family. We made friends there that will be a part of us no matter where we are.
In March Tim was offered a job in Warner Robins, GA. On June 8th 2015 we made the move from Watertown to Warner Robins. Tim has been working away from home since the beginning of April. Although we still don't have a house, its such a relief to be together as a family. The traveling back and forth and being apart was really starting to get to all of us.
So here I sit. In a 3 bedroom apartment, in limbo... Our house for sale in Watertown. All our stuff there with it. In a city we know no one. Seems crazy. But it's ok, because we know we are following Gods call. A call we didn't see coming. A call we never thought would take us to middle Georgia. But a call we are excited to accept and see where it takes us.
It's cool that you're blogging... I hope you find your place quickly in GA! I grew up there (in Columbus, not too far from Warner Robbins), and I bet you will find so, so many people will say "God Bless" or some equivalent for almost anything. It's so cultural, especially in the smaller towns, but I think most people definitely mean it.
ReplyDeleteIt's sort of like "Bless your heart!" The best one of these I ever heard was "Bless her heart, she could eat an apple through a picket fence." (I guess the poor girl had quite the overbite.)
Awesome Liz, Columbus is part of Tim's district..
ReplyDeleteAnd that's exactly what I think of, bless her heart is usually like oh you pitiful thing! Ha! We shall see. I do plan on picking up some southern lingo while I'm here, just haven't decided what yet ;-)