Full circle.....

I am always jealous of people who live as adults

in the same area that they grew up in.

Watching your own kids romp around the same playgrounds,

swim in the same rivers,

attend the same schools,

and frequent the same hang outs

that you did seems like such a wonderful way

to raise a family.

I know the grass is always greener

and those people probably think that my life

of new adventures every few years

and getting to see so many parts of the country

is wildly exciting.

We usually want what we can't have.

Over the years I have grown to embrace and love my life,

but the longing for familiarity never leaves.

I feel like God has heard all of my silent thoughts,

and not so silent ones too.

He has seen how many private tears I have cried over

not being able to raise my kids near family.

He heard and saw it all

and now in his perfect timing,

He is making a way for me to

have the desires of my heart!

I still can't believe it!

We will be renting the beautiful house pictured above

for the next three years!

But that's not all....

God is a very specific God.

His blessings are pre-packaged.

They are personalized down to the very last detail.

This house is located exactly half a mile from

the house I grew up in on Wilson Road!

The same woods that went on for miles behind my house

and provided so many hours of tree fort building and

rope swinging also back up to this house!

I will be able to take my kids on box turtle hunts

and searches for the perfect branch to hang a tire swing from.

We will be able to walk down to the marina

that first sparked my brothers love of fishing.

We can feed the ducks from the same pier

that I skipped down as a pigtailed little girl.

There was one duck in particular that

was the loudest quacker in the bunch.

She was black and white

and just the most vocal bird I've ever heard.

My Dad named her Becky

in honor of my own ability to talk my way

into and out of anything!

I wonder if Becky had loud little ducklings

and gran-ducklings

that are still hanging around?

I can't wait to find out!

And so as we prepare to vacate one home

and build a life in another

I am reminded that I have a God

who loves me

and who has good things stored up for me,

including houses with red walls and

stone fireplaces

backing up to familiar woods

full of magical adventures!

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to my very personalized gift!

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