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2021 Year in Review
Written: December 31, 2021 My word of the year for 2021 was “grace” and it was definitely the year of grace. A lot of people had a chance to show grace when service levels everywhere were down because of staffing issues. I have been working to get a refund on a purchase that was shipped to my old address for over a month. And while I am not happy, I was surprised at how appreciative one of the workers was when I was kind about it. We were fortunate not to lose anyone close to us this year, but we know a lot of people who did. There were many…
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Well Kept
Written: May 13, 2021 Phew! It’s been a crazy few months since my last blog post. We closed on and moved into our new house. A second move within six months was a bit exhausting, but we are very happy with our new house and feel incredibly blessed to have found one in this seller’s housing market. We moved to a well-kept neighborhood that instantly reminded me of going back in time. Picture women powerwalking in the road like on The Goldbergs. Moving to a neighborhood where people take care of their houses and yards has put into perspective how we takes care of things. Don’t get me wrong, we…
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2020 Year in Review
Written December 30, 2020 When I first thought about this post, I was going to write a little about 2020, then focus on 2021. Because who isn’t ready for a new year after this one. I feel like that would be a great disservice to myself and anyone reading this, though. As much as none of us want to relive 2020, we should all take some time to reflect on this year and what we learned. I’ll do another post with some optimism for 2021 soon J So first, I’m going to reflect on my memorable events and general thoughts of this year. I started the year working full-time, then…
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Christmas in 2020
Written December 22, 2020 Christmas is weird this year. Huge understatement, I know. I truly believed coronavirus would be either gone or not a big deal by now. The cases slowed down in the fall and I thought I might be right. But things have gotten worse and it has definitely put a damper on most people’s Christmas spirit. So I’ll give you a little background on my grinchy feelings and how I am trying to counter them, in hopes that maybe it will help someone reading this. If you have read my previous blogs, you know we moved a couple months. It was an exhausting and tiring move, especially…
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An Hour and a Half Later
Written 11/10/2020 Woah. Where do I begin on what all has taken place since I announced we were moving an hour and a half away? It has been a whirlwind. It feels like it’s been many months ago, but it has only been two months. Soon after we announced we were moving, we started looking for places to rent. This search took a little bit longer than we expected. We even looked at a couple houses to buy because finding a rental was becoming a daunting task, but buying in the middle of all this chaos was just too much right now. We thankfully found a rental to move into…
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Two Weeks’ Notice: Take Two!
Written August 29, 2020 I posted a week ago about the waiting season almost being over on a big decision. And WOAH. This week resulted in a lot of doors opening and closing. First let me give you some back story. In our last big waiting season a year ago, in 2019, we both were looking for jobs. We had went back and forth for a while on whether we should move closer to my family, especially with Andy being gone quite a few weekends in the Summer for fishing tournaments. We decided to apply to jobs near there and jobs near our current home in Columbus. We heard back…
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When the Waiting Season is Almost Over
Introduction Written August 22, 2020 I wrote the following post a little over a year ago and never posted it when I started my blog earlier this year. I am sometimes astounded at how God brings things back around at the right time. I was going to write a post today about being in a season of waiting again and thought it had almost been exactly a year ago when we were at the end of another season of waiting. This time is different in some of the details and there could be different changes than last year, but both times were similar in having to have faith and trust…
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Bridge Builder
Written June 17, 2020 I want to build bridges not walls. No I am not going into construction. I know I have a lot of career ambitions, but building actual bridges is not on my bucket list. What I am referring to is the metaphorical bridge between two opposing ideas. I can see both sides really well in most situations. It can make me seem indecisive or flighty at times, but I truly see value in different perspectives. Most things are not where one side is clearly right and one side is clearly wrong. Even when something is clear, we are never going to educate people by telling them they…
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Happy Mother’s Day
Written May 8, 2020 This Sunday is Mother’s Day and of course we still have a stay at home order in Ohio (I think it’s a safe at home order now, but you get the idea). This year will be quite a bit different for most moms. I would think with Mother’s Day on May 10th and retail opening May 12th, the retail opening could have been moved up for all the moms who love to shop. But I don’t make the rules. Options are still pretty limited on what to do, but I am excited to celebrate with my little family. Becoming a mother has been the hardest, but…
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Two Weeks’ Notice
Written May 2, 2020 Yesterday I put in my Two Weeks’ Notice at my full-time job and accepted a similar part-time position. Yes, I interviewed and will start a new job during the coronavirus pandemic. After about a year and a half of looking for a part-time job, it finally worked out during a global health and economic crisis. Talk about God’s timing not matching my own. This all started in November of 2018 when I knew God wanted me to focus more on raising Hannah. I was on maternity leave and in one of those amazing breaks when Hannah was napping, I felt like God was telling me to…
