My Redeemer lives!

"I know my Redeemer lives!" Boy, that CeCe can sing!

I finally brought a radio in to work as the office can be painfully quiet at times. (Which is another reason I'm able to blog...when my work is done, it's something constructive to do.) I found a great Christian radio station. I never listened to Christian radio much before...I guess because in IL, I had a hard time finding one that didn't intermingle that "hard-rocky" stuff. Gee whiz, I'm getting old. I love having the radio on down low...especially when I hear a praise and worship song that I know well or a new one we're doing at church. My heart just swells in praise, gratitude & worship...right here in my cubicle! God is so good!

I've been waiting a few days before I let everyone know I've been blogging...to see if it's something I'll keep up with. I have enough down time at work that I think I can.

It occurred to me that there may be a few people in my personal E-mail address book that may not even be aware that Bob and I have relocated. (My apologies!) No one would be surprised to know that we had moved, but you may be surprised to know that we moved all the way to Goodlettsville, Tennessee in early March. My son, Travis, & his family live in LaVergne and my sister, Jodie, and her family live in Gallatin. Bob and I are between the two!

This move was a long-term goal for us. But, once Bob finally decided to retire in January and our home sold so quickly (that's another story in itself), we more or less just packed up & headed south! We came to TN on a 3-day weekend in February and found a just-get-me-there apartment. We are now preparing to move again.

To my fellow Tennesseans, let me say, "relax;" we've hired movers, and are moving on the 15th, not the 8th as earlier planned.

We are actually moving "just up the road," not more than 10 minutes from where we are now, but we will be moving from Goodlettsville to Madison. We are going from a two bedroom to a two bedroom, but in the new apartment we'll have huge, walk-in closets, big bathrooms, a utility room instead of the utility closet I have off the kitchen now and a garage! In short, it's newer, nicer and just bigger all the way around.

My sister, Joyce, (a.k.a., Rev. Mrs., Sister, Pastor Joyce), and brother-in-law Rod, (a.k.a., Rev., Pastor, Brother Rod), called a couple weeks ago...they just wanted to know if I was happy? I love you guys.

But, yes, we are very happy and, sorry, we're not coming "home."

We miss our families, of course. I know I wasn't at Mom & Dad's as frequently as I should have been nor nearly as much as Daddy would have liked, but it was nice to just be able to hop in the car and be there in a few minutes when I could. I love & miss you, Mom & Dad.

I miss my sisters and friends and being able to pick up the phone and meet them for lunch or dinner when it's time to "catch up" again. We miss Destiny Fellowship and the awesome people who are the church. The thing of it is, God honored my deepest heart's desire...to be here near my son & his family. He worked everything out beautifully, to the tiniest detail, and He still is. He really, really loves us!