Why I Haven't Been Blogging

When I look back over my last few blogs and realize how long it's been since I actually wrote anything, I immediately think, "You should have been writing all this time.  There's so much happening!"  Then I remember that the reason I haven't been writing is because there's so much happening.  Life in 2013 started off on the downhill slope.  Then it gained both size and momentum.  And it hasn't really slowed down.  Want me to catch you up?

 

First was becoming the new pastor at Lovelady Assembly of God in Lovelady, Texas, 80 miles from where I was living (in Bryan).

 

Then Mom & Jim came for a visit.

 

Then I started a new relationship, that went from Zero to Married in four months & ten days.

 

Then I quit my old job as the custodial engineer for Parkway Baptist Church.

 

Then I moved.

 

Then I flew to Colorado and moved Mom & Jim...here with me.

 

And I was courting...

 

Then my Granny died.

 

And I was courting...

 

Then it was wedding announcements, wedding registries, wedding showers, wedding planning...

 

And I was courting...

 

Then I moved Mom & Jim to their new home 14 miles away.

 

And I was courting...

 

Then it was packing and moving and rearranging the house to prepare for the new arrivals.

 

Then it was a broke down truck that needed fixing.

 

...wedding practice...

 

Then the wedding.

 

Then a short honeymoon (the real, longer one to come later) and a week at home alone.

 

Then it was loading up the new family and moving them to Lovelady.

 

Then it was more packing, unpacking, repacking, moving and removing.

 

Then it was a leaky washer and a burnt up dryer...and new ones.

 

Then it was more packing, unpacking, repacking, moving and removing, plus sorting and storing both in the attic and the new store room.

 

Most importantly, I am now sharing my life with the woman I love, our two-year-old adventurer, plus Rosie the Beagle and two black dogs that adopted us.  Plus pastoring this wonderful church in Lovelady, Texas.

 

And now here we are, five months since my last post, and I wonder where the time has gone.

 

It's not that I haven't had anything to say.  In fact, quite the opposite is true.  I have blogs and book chapters and poetry and journal entries out the wazoo!  I just haven't had the time to get it all out of my head and onto the page.  And I suspect that if I want to find the time, it's going to have to be early in the morning before everyone else is up, when the world is still quiet and calm, and no one is calling my phone or my name.

 

Welcome, Brave New World!  It's a joy.