One thing that is consistent in life is change. It surprises me how unpredictable life continues to be. Glenn begins his last year in the American Express rotation program this summer/fall. Throughout this year we felt that his last position would surely be in NY even though we had expressed a desire to go west to Arizona (mostly for financial reasons). We had put going west out of our minds and felt that we would happily be here in New Jersey for the next 3 to 5 years. We LOVE living in the east. It brings so many wonderful blessings and opportunities to our family. We only wish cost of living was not so crazy. Anyhow, over the last month and a half we learned that Glenn's last position will be in SLC, UT. We love Utah, but did not foresee ourselves returning and definitely not so quickly. We are beyond excited to live near family again and to enjoy western style living with larger spaces and cheaper housing. On the other hand we really do love our lives here in New Jersey and it will be so hard to leave what we have here. It will be hard to leave a place and people we truly love and enjoy for a place we know we love too. I think I am in denial. Every time we move I always seem to have a much more difficult time. I cannot believe our time in New Jersey is spent and now we are off to a new adventure. At times it brings me sadness, but I also know that good things await our family in the future. I will truly miss this year of growth our family has experienced here along with the great families and friends whom have served us and who we love and admire.
We have been packing for 3 weeks now and we are almost done. The kids and I fly out with Heather (Glenn's sister) on Friday while Glenn will stay a bit longer to make sure our POD is loaded securely and to get rid of what doesn't fit. It feels like we have been having goodbye parties since we found out we were moving and it has been wonderful, but making it all the more difficult to leave our good friends. Glenn will join us on Sunday and we will start the house search on Monday. And so we will live in a state of limbo for the next month or so.
Life keeps on moving! Wish us luck.
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3 comments:
wow - SLC? who would have guessed y'all would be back in utah - crazy!!! the kids are going to LOVE being near their grandparents and cousins for sure. It might make it hard to leave again! But I totally know how you feel about this moving stuff. It gets harder especially when you have fallen in love with the place you are leaving. Such mixed feelings for sure. We loved Georgia and I am still missing my friends there. Thank goodness for the church - we are already getting involved in our ward here and it's going to make all the difference. Good luck with the move and update us all when you get there! :)
Good luck with your move and getting settled in Utah.
That is surprising that you're headed back to Utah. Hope all goes well with the househunting, move, etc. I'm sure the change will be bittersweet. Good luck.
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