Figure it out.

I am not embracing a change going on in our house. Thankfully, I have some time, well not much time before things begin to change, but time before I have to fully embrace all the changes.

So as we are just now, beginning to talk about this, I would like to present you with a puzzle. A riddle, a picture mystery.

We are moving.

*sigh*

That part I knew would be happening. Having already lived in the same house for more than 4.5 years is a record for my husband and I. Moving is always hard. This one, I'm really having a hard time accepting.

Of course a big part of that, is because we have lived here a long time (for us) and have fully established ourselves. We have our school, church, neighborhood, friends, friends who are now family, we have great winter weather that draws our family to us. We'll have had five incredible years here. Such a blessing!

The other part, is WHERE we're going. That is the part that I am really struggling with.  No better way to say it! Eric is excited, looking at career options and retirement opportunities that might present themselves. The kids are ready for a move. I have hesitations, and ones that no one else wants to hear.

I am trying to find the positives.

We'll see pyramids.

We might take a gondola ride.

Maybe we'll try our hand at pulling out the sword.

Or take our picture in front of the Eiffel Tower.

I'm sure at some point we'll take in the circus.

I hear the food buffets are everywhere and delicious.  Our family likes to eat! Maybe at a restaurant up high in the clouds!

Have you figured out where we're going yet?

For anyone thinking of, Egypt, Italy, France, England or any other fabulous country, sorry, not there.

We're staying good ol' state side.  But it does NOT have anything that looks like this:

This a gorgeous photo of Winnona, MN that my friend took. I would gladly move to anywhere that looked like this out my window, yesterday!

Okay, that might be a lie. I have never visited this place, so maybe there is a park somewhere that can resemble this lake picture.  Not holding my breath though.

Eric moves soon. Too soon. To do his cross training. Oh by the way, he is changing air frames and the new one, and their missions, also makes my heart heavy and worried, compounding my resistance to this move. His training is only a few hours from our house, so we'll keep the kids in school and current activities while he does training. We're hoping to get to see him a few weekends.

Hope you have figured out where we'll be headed after his training is done -which our move the family time frame is still to be determined, because I'm not ready to say it out loud yet. It might make it really happening.