I couldn't be more happy to sit down to write this blog. I just love when God leads you in a direction. He truly is the one that knows what is best for you. I had a very hard time meeting friends outside of our couple neighbors in Cincinnati. Very different from the years prior. In college I was surrounded by friends. When getting married I moved back down to Austin area where all my family was. I was again surrounded by assistance and always had people around me. We were excited to get word that Jeff had finally gotten into the sales aspect of Hormel and we would be moving to Massachusetts. It was something different and a brand new adventure for us. Boston area had a wonderful sales office and that soon became our family. I also got involved in a church where they had a mommy bible study. I met some really great women in that group and still keep up with a couple of them after 2 years. One lady I met there that I still keep up with is Sue. She really shows you what a woman of God looks like. Just typing out woman of God doesn't seem to even begin to describe the beauty within her. The struggles she's been through and yet stands strong on the word of God. Moving to Ohio was a huge eye opener. I struggled to find another group the same as I had in Massachusetts. I had an big problem finding a friend to have play dates with.
I lead with this intro to bring you up to date with moving here. Shortly after the beginning of the year I needed to get groceries one day. It's hard to motivate me to go get groceries. Especially in the winter and with 2 kids. I decided I was going to get up early and get the kids out the door by 8 or 9am to go get groceries so we could get on with our day. Well I got to doing the dishes and little things around the house. Before I knew it, it was 10am. It was time for Carson to take his nap so I scrounged around to find something for lunch. While the kiddos were napping I realized I had no idea what I was going to do for dinner. When the kids woke up I hurried up to get them out the door. I was buzzing around the grocery store concentrating on what I needed to get so I could get home to feed them before the crankiness started due to low bloodsugar. I walked past a mom that had a daughter about the same age as Savannah and she was dressed very nicely. I walked past and went down the next aisle. I felt God pulling on my heart to go tell her she looks nice today. I tried to explain to God that I had rushed out of the house so I had no make up on, my hair was slicked back in a pony tail from cleaning, and my clothing had food remains from kids throughout the day. He insisted that he did not care and to tell her that she looked nice. I made my way back to her and tapped on her shoulder. Talk about God bringing me out of my comfort zone. I am not a brave soul that will just go up and say hi to someone. We talked and exchanged numbers. Texting back and forth that night I discovered that their family were Packer fans, her daughter was just about to turn 2, and she had been asking God to bring a Christian friend into her life. Just short of 2 weeks later, she lost her daycare provider. I am now her daycare provider and love having Ella here everyday. Savannah loves having a buddy to play with everyday. Becky is quickly becoming an amazing friend. Her husband Eric came over to help Jeff put in the windows. Something that Jeff in no way would have been able to do on his own. We are so grateful to know this family and feel so blessed.
Listen to God. You never know where his heart will lead you. If I would have went grocery shopping in the morning like I had planned, I would have never met this family.
