Being Content

Well, I could post a novel here if I gave you the whole story so I will do my best to condense it into a reader friendly version. Bear with me. Roger and I have been back from Texas since October of 2004. Pretty much instantly we decided that wasn't the best move we made. We've since spent our time pondering the how's of returning to life in the cowboy state. When we moved back here in '04 we were pregnant with Nehemiah. We - as you can tell from the rest of the blog - have had Nehemiah (that would have been a LONG pregnancy) and added Hannah. The point being there has been a lot added to our family since our last 1400 mile treck across the country. I've been thinking a lot lately about the legacy we will be leaving our children. I come from a family that has divorce running through it for a few generations. (among many other generational "issues") Roger, though divorce isn't up there for family issues there are other things being passed down that we are determined to break. Since our heart wasn't totally here (as in PA) we weren't able to set down roots. We aren't feeling esablished. We aren't feeling a part of much of anything. I Long for that tight close group of friends that knows everything about you and they like you anyway! :) Roger and I have come to the conclusion that we need to put down roots here, yes in PA. If we grow and florish here in PA then should we decide that TX is the place for us later we will be strong enough to be transplanted. It's the plants that are full and beautiful with strong roots that can handle being dug up and transplanted... the ones that are small with weak roots, though they may survive the replanting process they usually don't grow to be as big and beautiful as their counterpart.
Thats the condensed version. :) We are making changes and are happy to finally say "this is where we are and this is where we are going to be" We're slow learners.... but we're learning! :)