Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is the day that we "officially" set aside to give thanks for all of the blessings in our lives. I give thanks on a daily basis. I am very grateful for all that I have been given in life. Even in the midst of hardship and uncertainty... I am thankful.

I hope for many blessings to everyone on this day.

I am asking for some prayer for guidance for my family and I. It seems we will be traveling down a road not yet taken in our lives. I take that back... we have travelled down it... but only for "vacational purposes"!!

What in the world am I talking about? Well... let me tell you. My husband, daughter and I have decided to move to Ohio. Take heart that I have lived on the West coast all of my life. My husband was born and raised in Ohio... until we were married. There have been many paths we have been down in our marriage... none... as of yet have taken us "back home" to his family. Rich gave up 20 years of being around his family... because he knew how much my family meant to me. Not that his were any less important... They are VERY MUCH loved!! My mother is in heaven now... and my brothers are scattered to far ends of the earth. My dad and his wife live on the other side of the state that we live in now... but we haven't lived close to each other for many years now. The point is... Rich is over 5 years out from his heart transplant. There is no guarantee how long heart transplants last... and for that matter... no one knows how long their life will be... in can be gone in the blink of an eye.

So... before to many more blinks go by... we are going to move to Ohio and spend some time with his mother, grandmother, brothers and the whole massive group of family members that are all basically in the same place they were born in... "BACK HOME".

If something happened to Rich before he got the chance to go back home... I would never be able to forgive myself.

We aren't exactly sure of the time we are going... but it looks like right around the first of the new year or so. Only God knows the exact day... (and I sure wish he would give us a clue!)

I am asking for prayer. Prayer to see the open door when it is opened for us. Prayer for the "right" time... God's time. Prayer for safety... and knowledge and good finances to make the move. Prayer for energy and strength to make it all the way back there in one piece. Prayer for health to be able to enjoy our time on the road... as well as our time with his family.

I know it is going to happen. It is the right thing. I feel it in my heart of hearts... and so does Rich and Hannah.

Be blessed this Thanksgiving holiday... but also... be a blessing!

The "Daily Blessing" that popped up on my blog on the day I published this post was the following:

Thursday November 23, 2006
Today's Promise: And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
Isaiah 58:11 / KJV

God is SO Good!