Sunday, May 29, 2011

Moving Along

Another feat in this chapter of our lives. The decision to sell the house with the goal of moving to Ashe County, NC. The kids are excited but expressed sorrow of moving away from friends and a life they've always known. We're excited, as parents, too -- but we're not sure what the future will hold.

We'd like to relocate our family to a community where simple ideals reign - where community means community in a small community...where folks wave from their front porches, from their tractor in the field, or from the other side of that yellow line -- and waving out of sheer genuiness (and not because you crossed the yellow line)!

I believe it's out there -- so here's to a genuine wave that lifts up a prayer that we're participating in God's Will for our lives!

Monday, May 16, 2011

Where to go from here

Since 2007, we've taken 2 cross-country trips, 2 trips to Texas, and 1 to Western North Carolina...in a car packed with 5 people, two tents with associated camping gear and supplies, and hopeful dreams.

We're not the type to care about fame or fortune. We just care to find a place to set our family's future roots and call that home...on a homestead. I can just imagine a homestead with a few head of bison, a coop full of laying hens, a pasture full of sheep, harvesting enough food to feed our family (plus one...you just never know), room to romp and explore without subdivision do's and do not's, and enough timber to last a lifetime of good fires. All this in a down-to-earth community full of cheer and wide smiles and common sense.

We've found an area where it might just be possible. It is time to make a decision on how & when. We've got the why down pat.

Prayerfully making that decision - and hopefully soon.