Post #1: The Beginning
Post #2: Week 1 Update
Post #4: Week 2 Update
Post #6: Week 3 Update
Post #7: Week 4 Update
Post #8: Housing Update for Albany
Post #9: Week 9 Update
For today, I wanted to share something very special that happened on Thursday...As you can see from the picture above...it was a gorgeous couple of hours by the lake... but as I shared on Instagram, there was more to the story. Here is what I shared...
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I could leave that caption there & it would be true, but often times the story behind the picture holds infinite value as it is here. I have been getting a lot of messages from people who are struggling this summer with so many mixed emotions, feelings, &experiences & my heart truly goes out to you. In this space of social media it can look like things are always just a gorgeous couple of hours when there is a lot going on behind the scenes.
This move has been good but HARD. It's been months, & weeks &days of intense work, thousands of hours, lots of tears, LOTS of details & lots of energy that only those doing a long distance move can only understand. At the end of an intense year of teaching (my first back after my health crisis) I was exhausted in deep ways. To go into a strenuous move alone with my mom was overwhelming each day. YES, we were met with a hundred thousand different details that were blessings, but after a week of traveling back & forth to TN, finalizing the moving, a broken toe, preparing for a treatment round, my mom's hurt knee &back, my pulled back, & then other private things, we arrived back at the cabin to deal with an intense cabin situation...&our uhaul still needing to be unloaded...&after hiring someone who didn't show up I was in tears from exhaustion & discouragement...and exhaustion.
I found out that dear old friends were in town & texted desperately for help & Nate & Wes arrived & in less than an hour had our uhaul unloaded & packed in one of the cabins, helped unpack our car, &helped turn the trailer (not an easy feat in a woods). It may sound simple but I wept after they left because it created a ripple of hopeful & blessing circumstances, including the opportunity to truly rest for a couple of hours for the first time in months....all because two people gave of their time...
So this afternoon was a treasure mostly because of the sacrifice of time & the helping that went beyond what words could express...it's not easy as single women & I am deeply challenged to look around more & help those who may need this same ripple of hope today...
Want to catch up on all of the moving updates? Click below to read through the specific posts!
Post #1: The Beginning
Post #2: Week 1 Update
Post #4: Week 2 Update
Post #6: Week 3 Update
Post #7: Week 4 Update
Post #8: Housing Update for Albany
Post #9: Week 9 Update
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