Adventure Awaits...

Apparently, I'm not a very good blogger.

It's not that I don't want to, or that I have nothing to say, it's just that I don't carve out time for it on a regular basis, so I end up with too many photos and too much to write, and I just don't do it.

But today, I'm going to write, so that I can provide a glimpse into what's been going on and what the future holds for our family.

It's all good stuff, I've been saying over and over again.  We've been mulling things over for a long time, and prayerful decisions have been made, and it's all good.  But, it's a lot of stuff, and now we've got a more defined timeline for all the stuff to happen.

So, here's the scoop.  We're moving to North Carolina!  We're starting our own business!  We're going to sell our dream home here in New England!  We have no idea where we will reside when we move!  We are walking in faith, knowing that God has a plan for us, and it's a good plan.

Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD.  "Plans to prosper you and not to harm you,  plans to give you hope and a future."

Months ago, my hubby starting dreaming big.  What if we left the security and stress of a corporate job and started our own business?  What if we invested in our family and decided to do something for US instead of for the corporate THEM?  What about moving back down South, a place we love, and where our families live?  What if????

So we did a ton of research, reading, and soul-searching.  Marc essentially had two jobs; the one currently paying the bills, and the future-securing job, the one that would eventually be a life-changing job for our family.  We talked, we ate, we waffled back and forth about what would be the right thing to do, what would be wise, what would bring us joy.  And we decided to step out in faith and make a lot of changes.  Changes that would make us both excited and sad.  Changes that would cost us financially and would perhaps offer financial blessing.  Changes that would have us move our family away from our friends and our church, whom we love dearly, and have us move closer to our parents and siblings, offering our children the chance to be closer to grandmothers and cousins.  Changes, so many changes, that we couldn't quite fathom how it could possibly work out.

But here's the thing: God knows the plans He has for us, and He will give us Hope and a Future.  It's not our plan to make -- it's God's plan to reveal to us, and for us to follow.

We are following.... we are selling our house, and have a contract on it as of this week.  We are moving to NC, back to my hubby's hometown, and where my father's family has lived since the 1950s.  It's a home-coming, of sorts.  A new beginning with our little family of four.  An opportunity to teach our sons about Southern hospitality, grits and gravy, and magnolia trees.  A place where the humidity actually makes my hair look good and the summer weather is sweltering hot, as it should be.  A place where iced tea is always sweet, and people talk slow.  We're hopeful that it will feel like home, where we can reconnect with old friends and make new ones.  Where the boys can start school and feel connected to our new community there.

Marc is starting a new business in the restaurant industry, so we're super-excited about the opportunity to work together to create something for our family, a business that we believe in and feel will be successful.  A business where daddy will be home so much more than he ever has been.  A job where he can have the flexibility to drive the kids to school and help out with sports and church activities.  An opportunity to be the 'man of the house' and actually be in the house, not at the office, on a plane, or in a hotel.

It's a whole lot of good stuff.  Stuff that I hope to write about, photograph, and document.

Stay tuned.....