I mean really...if I see one more box!
I have not only the best friends in the entire world; I also have the best Mom in the entire world! I need to be completely packed by February 21st! That leaves me exactly 8 days to have everything done! Whew! My mom came every day this week to help and over the last month my friends have staggered their little booties in my house to help me pack! A big shout out to...Carolyn Robinson, Allison Blasko, Susan Ratchford, Amy Russo, Kary Galloway, Heather Windsor, Sharron Phillips, Kelley Davis, Stephanie Barry, Tammy Rollins, and I am sure I probably left someone out and if I did...PLEASE FORGIVE ME but you know my brain is mush by this point! Another Big Thank You goes to my girl Rebecca Evangelista...How could I have done any of this without you? God has placed you in my life for a reason and I am glad that He did. What a blessing you are!
Okay so get the picture, 3 different colored labels. Yellow....Calhoun, Green...Macon, and Blue...Storage. This is not your usual move. Our "stuff" from the last 22 years is being divided up to the things we need in Calhoun, the things we will need in an apartment in Macon, and the things I don't want to see for 2 years! Not like you can just throw everything into a box, tape it up and say load the truck! A logistical nightmare is more like it! We have had great friends to provide us with boxes, tape, bubble wrap, etc...You know who you are and thank you so much! Monkees. Crossway, Pink Azalea, International Plastics, Greenville Rubber and Gasket, First Team Sports, and not to leave out my guys at the ABC store at Rutherford and Poinsett...you know, the ones with the "Boot Fetish" (no lie!)!
SO, I see boxes in my sleep, when I sleep! I never knew how valuable an old box could be! Just when you think that it has served it's purpose....low and behold...it has a new purpose! My life has been like that of an old box. Just when I think I have figured out what my purpose is and have done it...low and behold...God has provided me with a new one! Overtime, I have realized that my only purpose is to serve God and glorify Him in everything I do which leads to the fact that like an old box...you are never too old to serve His purpose! My Grandparents are still alive. What a blessing for not only me but for my kids and our entire family! They have 3 daughters, 8 grandchildren, and 10 great-grand children. All of us know that their lives of 89 and 90 years have been one adventure of serving God through serving others. They, at the ages of 89 and 90, still serve their purpose that God has given them. Even though it might look a little like an old box, it is still the purpose that God puts in front of them! AMAZING! I am so blessed by them!
Our lives (I'm speaking of everyone here!) are constantly changing. Sometimes we get upset if it changes. A lot of us don't like change and we will sacrifice everything in order for it not to change. Is this really worth it? Are you an old box without any more purpose? I don't believe that! Your purpose is to serve God and glorify Him...change and all! My life is changing rapidly and there are two things that I want my kids to know...that my life purpose is like an old box! Even though I might change or become older (worn out let's say) or my life might change, that no matter what I still have a purpose and that is to serve God and glorify Him! The other thing I want my kids to know is that to embrace change and to not be afraid of it! God has a plan..."embrace it and become it"!
God has changed my life by bringing the most incredible people into it, and I want to show you just some of the amazing people that I would have missed out on if I never embraced change...
