Hello to all my faithful C-D friends! Please accept my apologies for not posting here lately. Life has given me many opportunities for change and moving on. I am so excited about my future, something I thought I would never be able to say just a few short months ago.
I have decided to move to Arizona to live near my sister and her family. They live in Sun City West. I made a trip out there in May to look around and visited with them for a week. I used to live in Prescott (moved to TN from there) so am familiar with the Phoenix area. I have no family here in TN and, if nothing else, this forum has shown me how important it is to be near family (if you get along with your family! lol). I have missed my family and being near them.
As some of you may recall, my sister and I had been estranged for several years. Our pastor has been preaching a lot about reaching out to someone who you have had problems with, so I called her on her birthday (4-10) and we talked for 2 hours!! It was wonderful. We decided to put the past in the past and start fresh. We talk on the phone now every day. It is so good to be close again. Anything is possible!
After returning from my Arizona trip, a week later I flew to WA to visit my daughter and her family. It was a great time.
Then I came home and a week later...................I retired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yaa Hoo!!!!! I hope I am retired for good! I have been busy cleaning out closets and drawers and throwing away and getting ready for a garage sale. My plan is to sell my house and all the contents! I'm leaving with just what I can fit into my car (clothes, toiletry items, keepsakes).....boy, talk about downsizing!!!!!!!!
My sister has invited me to live with them until I can find a place of my own. They would be happy for me to live with them forever! What an offer!! However................
.......I must confess, I have met someone!! Our relationship is in the early stages, so just getting to know each other well, but so far we are very comfortable with each other. So much in common and a very nice guy. Who knows what the future holds, but I am taking one day at a time and see where it goes. If God has brought him into my life for a reason, I am going to trust Him and give it a shot.
Besides bringing you all up to date on what has been going on with me, I think the more important message is to never give up hope in your life. Hope to have peace about the decisions you make, hope to find new opportunities in your life, hope to find someone to bring you joy, if that is what you are hoping for, and assurance that life does go on. I have learned so much from this forum and I know for a fact that I would not be able to face this future without all I have gathered here. Your friendships and support have given me confidence and new life, and I am ready to look forward and not dwell on the past.
If I have left anything out or you have questions, feel free to ask. I will promise to hang around a little more. Thanks guys for being the best support group in the whole wide world. Couldn't have done it without you!
God bless,
tngirl
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One day at a time, yes
