Today

I have come to the conclusion that Michael and I are located along the path of the robin's migration path north and south. I remember last fall, we would have 30-40 birds in our yard at one time. Now, they must be on their way back north as there have been so many male robins finding goodies in our front yard for the past week or so. It is lots of fun to sit and watch them as they take a break from their flying. Michael googled the migration of robins and found out that they can travel approximately 100-200 miles per day, taking about 2 weeks to get to where they are going. Absolutely fascinating! I've learned a lot from these birds; they don't worry about where their food is coming from, they don't take more than they can carry and they live free and unfettered, just like it says in Matthew 5 or 6. I realize that we as people are a bit different from the birds, but man, I want to be like that, free and unfettered. Not worried about anything. Some moments I am consumed with my surroundings and circumstances, then some moments, I am consumed with the goodness of God and not worried about those things. I wish the latter was true for all of my moments, unfortunately, I get in the way a lot.

Since losing the buyer for our house, we have seen some very good things take place; we have a place for our dogs now, my parents came to visit and we have been able to spend extra time with family here. At times I think, what we wouldn't give for that buyer, but then we would have missed out on other things, so we wouldn't want to change it either. I can talk myself in circles very quickly. In reality, it would be nice if we could have had both. So now, we wait. Our plan is to be on the road by the 20th of February to make the necessary stops and be in Denver by the first weekend of March. The closer it gets, the more unreal it seems. I am very excited about it all, but continuously have to remind myself that today is what I've got and I need to live it to the fullest.