Tenn...

So I'm not on the countdown to when we leave for Tenn. I'm really excited about our trip and it'll be fun. But it also is kind of stressful. I mean, i know God is in control and everything is in His time. But after i quit Starbucks i felt s California. o free. I felt like God was helping me get over that hurdle of feeling tied down to a store in My new job the couple knows we want to move. But it feels strange the were going out there now (to see the weather) and i know I'm going to get anxious to get a house and just move. But I'm trying to enjoy the time here in California and everything that is here while we wait of God. 

One thing i am really excited about is seeing my sister, Sharyl. I miss her so much. She is my role model (in more ways then one), my mentor, and my best friend. Ever since i was little i thought she was the coolest person ever. I miss having her around and one reason i am so excited about moving to Tenn. She'll never read this, so i can brag a little without getting in trouble. But she's just one of those people that i never have enough time to spend with. The weeks i've spent at her house are never long enough and i feel like she's lived so much and has advice and a wealth of knowledge to impart to me. She always knows what mood im in by the first min we are talking on the phone. She always listens first, and gives me Godly advice. I just feel so blessed to have not only an awesome sister but a best friend in my sister. 

However, as the time draws near, i think of all the things i will miss here in Cali. My parents and younger siblings. In-n-Out (although i can live without it, it's nice to know its here!). 70*  winters and "floods" that produce a couple inches of rain that demand parkas. Ducks & Angels games. Disneyland. Our Church, Lifegroup, and married friends that we have made here. But then i think the thing i will miss is that this marks a growing up chapter. As i talk with my best friend Laura about married life, buying houses, timing of children, careers or no careers, etc... i think of all the memories that i will leave behind to make new ones. Sometimes those plans we made in our dorm room and apartment about being best couple-friends, having someone to share our marriage ups and downs with, having kids together and them growing up, makes me sad that it wont happen. With us moving to Tenn and Laura & Shawn being in Murietta, CA or Seattle, WA, it makes me sad.

But God is in control. God knows my heart. and I know He has everything in His perfect plan and time.  Isn't that awesome that even though i think about these things, and they might worry me a little now, i know i don't have to worry about it. Jobs. Houses. Families. Miles separating Friends. God is in Control.