Thank you...

The past two years have been filled with change and transitions. Within two years I have graduated college, married my best friend, moved three times, started graduate school, watched my parents divorce after 31 years of marriage, and changed jobs 3 times. It has been a worldwind of a time. It often seems like the world is spinning out of control. There seems to be little stable ground nearby and it always seems just out of my reach.

I have found myself feeling isolated. No one can really know what it is like to go through all these changes. No one really wants to hear about the doubts and concerns these changes raise in a person. I dont want to be a burden to someone else. I can get through this; it will just take some time. This has been the biggest transition of all. It is hard to make new friends and find people you feel safe with. People that you can share your doubts with. People who know the in's and out's of transitions.

Well, I can say that I am beginning to make some of these kinds of friends now and what a blessing it has been. It is wonderful to spend time in people's homes getting to know their children or what they like to eat. It is such a blessing to find people that have real doubt and real pain and yet have found ways to live faithfully in the midst of it. It is such a blessing to have friends that share their life with you.

Thank you Steve and Maria, Tobin and Krister, Houston and Karen, Drew and Carolyn, Greg and Shirley, Dan and Kelli, and the countless others that have reached out to me and so many others in times of change, transition and instability. I have learned so much from you even in the short time I have known you. Thank you for sharing your life with me and allowing me to share mine.