After the loss of my father everything changed.
The loss of my father hit me
hard, I knew that he was happy, and with the Lord, but my world seemed empty,
as did our house. I had a lot of talks
with my father as he was facing the end of his life. We spoke of regrets and dreams. He told me “Don’t have any regrets” it
was one of the things that made him sad, that he had too many regrets in his
life. He knew that we wanted to move to
Florida, He knew how much I wanted to be near the water and how being near the
water made me feel close to God. He told
me "when I’m gone, go live your life, enjoy the adventure". So, as hard as it was,
we put the house up for sale and with lots of hugs and tears we said goodbye to family, friends and Colorado and found a new home in Florida.
“Just the two of Us”. That’s
the song that kept running through my mind as we drove across country to our
new home, that we had only seen online. I
was filled with anxiety as we got closer. We pulled in the driveway, and it was
exactly what we wanted. I took a breath
and felt like it was the first time in quite a while that I could breathe. We walked through the house and other than
some small changes it was perfect, I ventured outside and smiled as I looked up, I had a palm tree in my yard, something I never thought I would have. As we
sat by the pool and just took it all in, I cried. It seemed like I had dreamed
of this for so long and now it had come true.
All I could think is God is Good.
I had never lived outside of
Colorado and felt like a fish out of water.
Everything was different, the scenery, the weather, and the flatness. It
seemed to bring my husband and I closer together as we had no one else to lean on. With
the help of some great neighbors, we found our way around, a place to shop, where
the home depot was, (very important when you have a new house), where to eat (especially
pizza, a true necessity) and most importantly a Church. Bert had promised that
we would meet friends so as soon as we could, we ventured off to a meeting for
new residence and that night again changed our lives.
We met a group of friends that
moved to Florida all with the same dream and immediately felt like they were
family. I tell everyone, “I met family I
didn’t know I had” Even though that was over 3 years ago I feel like it was yesterday. Our lives here were busy, our days were
filled with fun, friends, sun and relaxation.
This move refreshed my sole
and allowed me to feel like the next chapter of our life as Seniors in paradise was going
to be amazing. But was it........
I will leave it there for
this week, except my son Anthony said that "I should leave each blog with a
lesson learned". So here is it: No matter
how old you are don’t settle. Don’t let the fear of change put walls up around
you. If you have a chance to reach for your dream, stretch out your hand and
grab it. If it is meant to be God will show
you the way. Have faith not only in
yourself, but your partner and most of all in God. If you fail it is okay at least you tried and
you will as my father said you will “have no regrets”
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