We have made it to Florida..............................
WE just finished up on 3 months in Virginia and are about to embark on 5 plus months here on the gulf side of Florida. I'm at the same hospital as last time. We have different living quarters but they are very nice. I have many many feelings. It is always difficult to deal with my emotions in these situations. I will show up tomorrow where I was last year and will see many of the same people I worked with before. I enjoyed their company but still feel nervous about seeing them again. There are times I want to just curl up in bed and wait for my feelings to go away. It's called escaping reality. In general, I am loving traveling with my family. In many ways I see the benefits. I believe it is binding us together as a family unit. We are all in this together. We are on a journey through life. In some ways we feel like adventurers on a journey. WE are pilgrims going about the states and trying to see all we can in each place we go. Our country is full of so many incredible sites! It has its difficult times...like the moving part. This time however, we have improved in our ability to pack and go. The children are really good at getting packed up. We have downsized how much STUFF we have each time. It's amazing how much we can live without. The children end up being a power of example when it comes to downsizing. While this is a difficult path we are on, it is rewarding in many ways. We are all getting a hands on education about the world. What is education anyways? This is the question we have answered differently as time goes by. One thing it is not, is stagnant sitting at a desk listening to someone else tell us what they THINK it is. We are all getting an education. It's pretty humbling to see your children become smarter than you about certain things. If I didn't have the teachers manual, I wouldn't be nearly as far behind their understanding of math as I am now!!........or something like that.
Well, I ca see that I am all over the place in this post. I apologize. I hope to snap out of this funk in time to go to work tomorrow. It is a blessing to be with my family everyday and know they are pulling for me. The world continues on no matter what's going on in my life. It is my hope and prayer that we are following our Creator on the path He has laid out for us.