Settling Down?...What's that?

Well, after spending a year back here in Pine Bluff, AR, we are off to the west coast again. When we left the SF Bay area for Arkansas back in 2001, we had no clue where our final destination would be. We knew that seminary in Massachusetts would be part of our quest, but that was our only vision at the time. After leaving Arkansas for Massachusetts in 2003, we had no idea that our stay in Massachusetts would go 3 years beyond the original 3 years it would take Alex to receive his M.Div. Circumstances prompted us to remain there for 6 years, allowing our 3 children to grow up as New Englanders, which was a great experience for our family. Then...back to Arkansas in the summer of 2009. Now circumstances are prompting us to go back to California...southern, this time. Alex and the kids are there now, allowing the boys to start school and get settled into a routine. I hope to follow very shortly, after finding a renter for our house. ok...now thats alot of moving. (and i didn't even mention the 5 different homes we lived in while in Mass) Any of you thirty somethings (quickly approaching the forty somethings) out there wonder if you will ever feel settled? ...or am i the only one?

Long Way From Home???

Well, its been a while since my fingers pounded these keys and I miss it. About a year and a half ago, I found myself in a situation where I couldn't disclose the thoughts, issues, concerns that I was dealing with. It was nothing shameful or sinister...just an impending move that I didn't want my employer, landlord, or anyone, for that matter, to find out about prematurely. I found myself giving up on my blog for the sole reason that I could not therapeutically write as I had done before because my thoughts were consumed with our relocation and all the changes that go along with that process.

About the time that I decided I needed to change the title of my blog, since I have now been living in my hometown of Pine Bluff, AR for the past year, the title may need to remain the same. There may be an impending move yet again.

Alex's job here in Pine Bluff didn't work out, Jacob went from attending (in my opinion) the "Harvard" of special needs schools to attending, well let's just say there is no comparison, and Alex's father past away in March. For all these reasons, and more, Alex is trying to find a job in Southern California where his mom lives.

So here we are again, in the midst of being unsettled, not knowing what the future holds...an all too familiar feeling for us. But we will persevere, and maybe now I can use this blog to process it all. There is something about seeing my words in black and white that gives me perspective. I hope it can do me some good.

To Blog or Not to Blog...

...that is the question. I don't have internet service at home right now, but I just signed up for mobile blog. Do I delve back into the world of blogging? What to do, what to do...