A Season of Changes!  Some major, some minor.  Nonetheless, changes can be unsettling.  They can also be exciting.  And fun.  And hard. And riddled with anxiety and stress.  A few things happening around here include: 

• We sold our house!  Put it on the market this spring.  A week ago Friday I came home to the Dutchman packing.  He said "it's going to sell this weekend!"  and after an Open House on Saturday, it sold on Sunday.
• We will be moving  850 miles away - California to Utah.  This California girl sees this as big change!  California has been good to me.  And then there's"  How can I possibly leave my sister?!
• Still working, which is a change from previous years, since I am a seasonal employee. Seven months so far.  It's good. 
• Training and a new job this year.  Very difficult to learn.  Humbling.  A season of concentration and tears. It felt as though they were speaking Yugoslavian - a language I've never spoken!  They say it takes about 3 years to really learn it.  And now I am leaving!  Maybe I will have same job in my new home state.  I am just not ready to give up working yet.
• My Ally came for her summer visit and was with us for four weeks!  Wonderful!  If not tiring, since I was working throughout her stay. That meant  4:00 a.m. mornings.   Four year old children have a LOT of energy and want to play! play! play!  I love to play! play! play!  Lots of opportunity with my Ally and Mila and the other kids when we move.  Yes.  Many things to look forward to.

The changes don't end with this.  But certainly that is enough for me to even think about now.  And through it all, HE is always there!  My God never changes.  He is the same Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow!  His faithfulness is my shield and rampart.