It’s been too long since I’ve had a little blogging
therapy and tonight I’d say is shaping up to be a perfect night to do just
that. So much has changed since I’ve last sat down with you and I’m grateful as
ever to be sharing these new details of my life with you. We have successfully
moved away from a toxic situation in to a new situation that’s proven to be
exactly what my family needed.
Towards the end of February we began to pack up our
apartment to venture across counties and back in to the country where my heart
has always belonged. I can’t explain the love I have for long county roads and
tree lines that don’t break often but it’s there and I can only say embracing
it has made my heart happy. We live in a little house off of route 12 and I’ve
been bustling about for a month now trying to make it feel like a home. The
kind of home that I grew up in, where home cooked meals were always on the menu
and the sound of evening TV always seemed to soothe the soul. We’ve settled in
to a new routine and life is good and relatively stress free again.
I mentioned a toxic situation prior to us moving on and
was in fact the reason we decided to move so quickly. It was unfortunate and
the way we were treated after putting up with so much was not pleasant and I’ve
been silently coping with the abruptness of how everything went down. My
character was questioned when I worked so hard to maintain it. My faith was made
fun of when I clung to it. It was a lot to handle and even more difficult when
I had no home to feel at home at. It’s taken a good month to mentally get over how
I was treated and I can now come to the blog and lay out what I took away from
this life lesson.
Sometimes people fall
short and they treat you really bad. Rather than wave your fist back at them
and try to maintain your point- don’t. Walk away with your held high and your
dignity in tact because that is way more important than trying to make your
point to a person that can’t listen.
I know a lot of this is
mysterious and I can’t get in to details but I can say that no matter what we
face in life, the hardest of situations can be handled with grace. Look up to
God and hold your head high- higher than the problem at hand. God’s way always
prevails!
With all that being
said, I’m so excited to move forward in this new home. God provided in such a
BIG way. He didn’t let me win the fight and he didn’t allow me to get the last
word in- because that’s not what’s important. What’s important is he paved the
way for me to find new beginnings and learn from the past. As I sit here in
this quiet corner of my new home, I see him in every part and I feel so much
peace knowing I’m exactly where I’m meant to be.
*I've had a couple questions wondering if this 'toxic situation' has anything to do with my marriage. Jon and I are happily married and he's been right beside us during our move to this beautiful country home. The situation refers to the place we were living and the people that were renting us the apartment we left. Due to the nature of kinship my ex- landlord and I hold, I decided not to provide details.
*I've had a couple questions wondering if this 'toxic situation' has anything to do with my marriage. Jon and I are happily married and he's been right beside us during our move to this beautiful country home. The situation refers to the place we were living and the people that were renting us the apartment we left. Due to the nature of kinship my ex- landlord and I hold, I decided not to provide details.
