Change is What It Is.

There are roads you take 

and roads you lead others to

and they may be roads 

that no one has ever been to

and you begin to feel

the strong opposition

and hear the ugly words 

that doubt you are hearing correctly

and the opposition over time

gives the ones on the receiving end

a hurtful disposition.

God leads and we follow.

It looks like we are leading

so we get the brunt of the battle.

So we left and we learned stuff

and now we want to come back.

But I am happy.

I didn't know certain things 

about leaving all.

I didn't understand the pain

and loneliness out there

and how long it takes to build

friendships and community.

I didn't know how things worked

in other climate and regions

and cultures.

I have a better picture now.

I have a social book

with a whole year of pictures

and memories in an exotic city

called Miami.

I lived there you see.

I have a whole book to be printed

in a city called DeBary.

I lived there too.

My family and me.

I have a book on adventures 

to a city called Naampa, Idaho

and pictures of our journey.

I saw mountains and deep valleys,

oceans blue, palms swaying,

iguanas, whole areas of town

that were different countries

in miniature.  I met people

from all over the world and

ate foods I'd never even knew

the name of

and cooked them too!

We housed travelers 

from this place and that.

And even a young couple

from the country of Columbia.

So when I think about our move

and the original plan we had thought

and how things changed 

and all that,

I will smile.

It was oh so hard.

So much I had to learn

about myself and what I could take.

But in it all, God got me through.

And I get to go back to Indiana

and be with family

and friends again.

I missed them so much!