Roller Coaster and Quiet

Roller Coaster.

Judy told me a while back that it felt like we were on a roller coaster and we were on the uphill climb to the top of the big hill that will get us through the new changes in our lives. Up until the very recent that was true, but I think that last week we hit the hill and are flying through the first run of the most twisted roller coaster you can think of. The twist and turns come daily if not hourly as the attempt to close our business, sell our house, take care of all those little things that you haven't thought of for years, and keep our sanity is like balancing on a tight rope. The roller coaster allows only for quick decisions and then your on to the next part of the track, the next turn, twist, loop and yes a lot of fear. Sometime's you lose things that you can't hang onto because of the ride. It's a ride you don't necessarily want to be on but you know there is calm in the middle of the ride when you complete the first run of a long track.

It's a short calm as the train begins its next part of the ride. We are not there yet. Still in the first part of the ride. It's scary.....

Quiet.

Kate's been out of the house for a long time now although she came to visit last week because a friend of hers got married and it was Sammy's graduation (YEAH SAMMY). Kate left on Friday and took Jack (Jack Jack as she calls him) our/her dog (as well as a pickup truck load of "stuff")and on Sunday Sammy moved to the family's home that she is being a Nanny at for this summer. I woke up on Monday morning and discovered a lot of quiet in our house. There was no dog to feed and let out and I knew there would be none of the usual good morning from Sammy.

It was truly quiet. It was not the same quiet I knew before, because I am an early riser. It was always "quiet" when I got up. It was a different quiet. An emotional quiet. A quiet of what was to come from now on.

I don't really know how I feel about this quiet. I'm proud of Kate and Sammy and I'm glad they are moving on to the next steps of their lives. It is an exciting time for them and I've been there and I know what that's like. But I feel the quiet we haven't had for as long as I can remember. I'm not sure how I feel about it.

Roller Coasters and Quiet. Kind of the same thing only different. God has called and I'm finally listening. There will be more Roller Coasters and Quiet.

Praise Him!

Greg