In the past week and a half Kelli and I have had just enough free time each day to give the constant spinning of our heads a short rest! In that short time we locked up a rental in Coeur d'alene and moved almost all of our belongings over there. Now we are back in Missoula for one final load, Kelli's last day of work, and to close on our old house. T say the least it has been a bit of a whirlwind!
As was the case for our last move, we could not have done it without the help of our family! Kelli's parents helped us load up in Missoula and then followed us over where Jill and Ryan were there to help us unload. Before we could unload anything though we had to do a little cleaning. Only those fortunate enough to be part of this clean up can begin to explain to you how much fin this was! I like to think that I am a relatively calm person but due to the condition of the house a few lucky people got to witness a couple of my rare blow ups! Spewing enough obscenities in a 30 second rant to make most truckers blush was not exactly my proudest moment:)
Even with the blow ups though we managed to hold it all together and get settled in, we all had a fantastic thanksgiving dinner which was followed by watching my beloved Cowboys send me into yet another rant, then spent the rest of our weekend attempting to relax. After all of our help had went home and it was just Kelli and I we were reflecting on all that has happened combined with all that continued to go on, and we both began to feel a little overwhelmed. This all changed when we walked into the Fred Meyer store near our house and we could hear music, as we got closer we were surprised to see the beautiful tones were coming from the Salvation Army bell ringer who was singing carols! All by himself, completely accopella and in perfect harmony, his voice had quickly changed our attitudes! I dropped some change in the bucket which prompted him to stop singing just long enough to tell me "god bless you", and we left the store in a much better place than we entered. The bell ringer probably has no idea just how well received his voice was by us!
It's made both of us realize that we were probably far from over the speed bumps of this move, but no matter what we one across along the way, nothing will be impossible! We simply have to remind ourselves each day just how great full we are to be where we are in life and never loose sight if the fact that we are not in this alone! I hope each of you approach the speed bumps in your own life the same way and don't let anything get you down, I know more than anyone how difficult this can be at times but if we keep the faith it will all work out in the end!
Remember, anything is possible if approached with the right attitude:)
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