On the way to contentment

It has been almost a month since we moved back to Oklahoma City. I can't believe how fast it has gone by. It's been fun exploring and finding new things that weren't here before, and seeing how the old has changed (or stayed the same). I think we are on our way to being content--something we haven't seen in quite some time. Well, actually, never.

When we lived here before, we wanted to see what it was like to live somewhere else. After we did that, all we wanted was to be back to what we knew first. Now, we are on the third chapter of our journey...learning how to enjoy where we are, who we are with, and find contentment.

I think it will come easier. Allen and I both have jobs, his being what looks like the one he will invest himself in, and mine will be a challenge. I am excited to have my own class again and hope that I can rise up and bring success to these little ones. I have a plan!! Now all we have to do is get the girls settled in school and activities, find our home church, and we will be on our way.

This time around we are coming in with eyes open, without expectations of the same things happening again. We know it is three years since we left, and things change. We have changed. We've learned more about what we want and need, and what we can handle. I know that God can throw us a curve ball at any moment, but I also know that He will make sure we can stand up under it.

For fun, here are some things we've missed: the Princess Posse, friends, family, Braum's, the wind (weird, I know), big skies, four lane roads, city water and no septic tanks, seeing OU/OSU stuff everywhere, and carpet.

So here's to being content!! Oh wait! Penny already is...



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A Sad Day

It is with heavy heart that I sit down to the computer today.  Yesterday, my sweet Charlie went on from this world.  He was a wonderful dog.  He was docile, quiet and very good natured.  He loved the snow, to lick people, and to play with Hagrid.  He was delightful.  We got him about two weeks before Anna was born.  We saved him through Pets and People.  He was our baby before our babies!  He was such a skiddish thing.  He was apprehensive of lots of things but loved to be with his family.  He started to slow down, as we expected since he was twelve years old.  We just gave him more love and hugs.  This past week he stopped eating the way he normally did, and we tried to help him.  Yesterday morning he came to say hi like he always did, and I loved and hugged on him, like usual.  Then he laid down on the rug like normal.  A little later I heard a whine and he was all the way under the couch and he couldn't get up.  We went to the vet and they ran some tests and realized he had tumors that ruptured in his abdomen.  It was time to say goodbye.  He had a good life and made our lives even better, just with a nuzzle, a lick to the elbow and a tail wag. So long my sweet Bubba!