Update Update Update

Wow! Has it been a year since I last posted? So much can happen in a year. A year ago, I was in Maryville, Tennessee, we’d had a presidential election, and I had a new book out. I didn’t now my life was about to update.

A few months later, I accepted a job teaching creative writing at Full Sail University in Florida. I packed up half my life and moved. I say “half” because my other half remained in Tennessee along with my son, my dogs, my family, my home, my mountains, and everything familiar.

I’ve learned a lot since this life update. I’ve learned I am not suited for living in a condo complex. No, communal living is not for me. I love the beach and the sound of wind in Palm trees. Meditation is amazing. It’s hard to make new friends. Teaching is not like I thought it would be. There’s more frustration than success. I didn’t anticipate that. I have a lot of self-work that needs my attention. I thought I’d have another book out this month. This type of delay was not in my plan. The continual state of change in my life has slowed everything. At the same time, everything has speeded up.

This week, the other half if my life moves south to join me in this new adventure. I’m thrilled and uncertain. Where will we live? I don’t have a lot of answers, but I know this. I need the rest if my life here with me. Out next home will be a place of peace and serenity, much like the home we are leaving. It may not be easy, but we’ll find it. It’s here waiting for us.

Leaving our home of eighteen years won’t be easy. Tears will flow. But at the end if our journey, a new home and adventure await.