I feel like I've written about this before, but at the same time I'm glad that it keeps coming up, because we all need a reminder of the goodness of God. So smack dab in the middle of my day as I was running an errand, minding my own business, in an instant I was met with a rush of awe. I wasn't looking for it, it just hit me like a freight train. As I got into my car, I could feel that the temperatures here in Louisiana are now rising as the season is changing. Even though Louisiana really only has two major seasons, warm and ridiculously hot. I had been so used to the mild temperature that we had been having that for it to be this warm again was weird. Anyway, the warm breeze brushed past me and immediately it brought me back to when I first moved to Louisiana after living in Wisconsin my whole life. June 10th, 2013 - It was a scary and big transition for me. It took a lot of nights of tears and not knowing if I'd ever really feel at home here in Louisiana. I would say it took a solid year and half of giving it time, trusting God, looking forward instead of back, and growing relationships that would be some of the closest ones I would ever have.
After that considerable amount of period of time, I was confident to say Louisiana felt like home. Now before my mom reads this and wonders what happened to Wisconsin being my only home, I have to state something that sheds some light on how I feel. I've said it once before, and it still holds true. I've found a home in Louisiana, but now I have two homes. Both Wisconsin and Louisiana are my home, they are both unique, and it's the people that I love so dearly in both places that make me cherish it enough to call home. Wisconsin being where I grew up and built all of my childhood memories, it's no wonder that I hold a lot of sentimental value to it. It's where parents and most of my siblings live, so I where your family is, it's no doubt, that's home. And my family is so important to me: to know that my sister and brother-in-law are coming with their son to visit in exactly one week from today makes me overjoyed. That is the first immediate family to visit me since the almost 3 years that I've lived here. It means A LOT! Louisiana
So when I reflected upon the fact that God has carried me and shown His grace and goodness towards me in the last 3 years, I can't helped be overwhelmed with gratefulness. I'm thankful for every relationship He has brought in my life both near and far.
After that considerable amount of period of time, I was confident to say Louisiana felt like home. Now before my mom reads this and wonders what happened to Wisconsin being my only home, I have to state something that sheds some light on how I feel. I've said it once before, and it still holds true. I've found a home in Louisiana, but now I have two homes. Both Wisconsin and Louisiana are my home, they are both unique, and it's the people that I love so dearly in both places that make me cherish it enough to call home. Wisconsin being where I grew up and built all of my childhood memories, it's no wonder that I hold a lot of sentimental value to it. It's where parents and most of my siblings live, so I where your family is, it's no doubt, that's home. And my family is so important to me: to know that my sister and brother-in-law are coming with their son to visit in exactly one week from today makes me overjoyed. That is the first immediate family to visit me since the almost 3 years that I've lived here. It means A LOT! Louisiana
So when I reflected upon the fact that God has carried me and shown His grace and goodness towards me in the last 3 years, I can't helped be overwhelmed with gratefulness. I'm thankful for every relationship He has brought in my life both near and far.