THE MOVE

i remember my parents told me the news one evening after my baseball game that we might be moving to nc.  i felt so shocked.  it had been 7 years in wisconsin, and i felt like i would stay there my whole life.  they told me in may 2007 that we would be moving.  so i had that last month of school and summer to enjoy with my friends.  i remember trying to make the most of every day at school.  the other kids were complaining about school, but i didn't want it to end.  i valued every day and tried to make the most out of it.  i was so sad on the last day of school.  it felt almost like my senior year of high school.  you knew the end was near.  although school was over i still had a lot of fun in the summer.  i still was able to play on my baseball team that was very successful.  the guys on that team were my closest friends.  we had so many good memories, and i remember just balling the last game.  all good things don't last forever, and as that summer of 2007 ended.  i had to say good-bye to viroqua, a great community, and great friendships.

i was so scared moving to north carolina.  i had no idea what to expect.  i knew a little bit about the state before i moved, but not a lot.  i'm going to say this the nicest way possible, but i knew there was a little "diversity".  that is something i never had to face in wisconsin.  the first day in our new home i was actually kind of excited.  i covered my sadness with laughter and cutting jokes.  i would hide in the moving boxes from my family, and actually use the boxes as sleds to go down the stairs.  it ended up being painful.  but i was a little excited to move into a new room.   it felt like a fresh start, and a new beginning.  the weather was too hot though.  i remember being in agony the first stretch in nc.  there was not much time at all to feel sorry for myself, because school was right around the corner.

a new morning means a new beginning, a new struggle, a new endeavor, but with the Lord by ours side we can overcome any challenge and turn obstacles into stepping stones.