conquering big change
Posted: April 29th, 2011 | Author: Sarah | Filed under: life | Tags: change, life | 8 Comments »Friends, tell me your stories about big, difficult decisions you’ve made that have changed your life in an enormous way (and how it is working out/has worked out for you).
Or, tell me stories about how you conquered being overwhelmed by the sheer enormity of taking on a goal so massive (but perhaps, so fulfilling). The ups, the downs, the fears, the payoffs…
I’m thinking about (pretty sure I am) taking a big part of my life in a different direction, and I’m kind of freaked out. Also excited, but at the moment seem to be feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all. Vague enough for you? Well, if it works out, you’ll find out eventually.* For now, I need your stories. So please, spill?
*No, it’s not a baby. We just got married, for crying out loud!
Photo: Beauty Bets
Hey, I have been reading your blog for a little while now and I believe this is the first time I have commented, so hello.
My wife and I just moved into a small but perfect house (renting), this is the first house we have lived in together. God provided a way for us to move in so we did. We have been married for 5 years and have been really wanting to start a family but have also been afraid because money is always tight. However, now that we are in a house we really feel like God is saying now is the time.
So, we have not gone through the “change” but we are in the middle of it. All I can say is that it is awesome to see how God always has his hand in our life. He has put so many resources and people in our life to help us through, it’s crazy.
I hope the best for you guys and I will be praying for you and whatever journey you are about to embark upon.
Hey Nicholas,
Thanks for coming out with your first comment! I can imagine how scary it must be to knowingly take the plunge with starting a family – it feels like we are all waiting until we are financially secure but so few of us ever really feel like we get there. I have faith you guys will figure it out along the way, and if you’ve got the right foundation (and support system!), you can make anything happen. How exciting for you.
Thanks for sharing.
Sarah
This past November, I drove solo from Missouri to Florida to start my life over after my 5-year relationship ended. It was the weeks leading up to my departure day that were the hardest. Once I hit the open road, I knew I made the right decision. Starting completely over from scratch has been very hard, but so far, very much worth it.
I moved across the country to work and live. At first it wasn’t easy, but now I have my dream job and a husband and a puppy! Everything is absolutely perfect. I miss my family sometimes, but plane rides aren’t so bad.
I’ve been through plenty of huge changes in my life. My father passed away a few years ago at 44 when I was 11 from a brutal car accident. We couldn’t stay in Jackson, Mississippi after the accident, we felt as if the walls were closing in on us, so we had to move. We ended up in Pasadena, Texas (Right out of Houston). I felt so out of place when we moved here, we used to live in the middle of a calm, quiet forest. Pasadena is the complete oppisite of that(Ghetto). I was overwhelmed by the lack of clean oxygen, but anyways, when we lived in Jackson, I had only been to church once or twice. I’ve always begged my mom to take me but she never would. In Pasadena, however, we are living with our brother and sister-in-law, and that’s how we got introduced to God. I won’t lie, I was really uncomfortable at first, but I eventually learned to understand the meaning of all of this. My life was a living hell throught the first year. Back and forth from house to house ansd then back to my brother’s then back out. I feel like I would have given up if I didn’t have God on my side. I honestly couldn’t laugh for a while (that is, until I found Julian’s videos). As of the present, we are thinking about either sending my mom to go live in Greece with my sister and brother- in-law or sending her to counseling. Okay, I feel like this is way too long and I need to go to sleep because it’s 10:05 p.m aad I need to wake up for school in the morning and my brother is yelling at me (lol).
The moral of the story: Here I am, a 14 year old girl living for God, because without Him, I don’t know where I would be.
P.S. Sorry if this is way personal, I dont really share this information with just anyone.
P.S.S Your posts have made me realize that in some cases, you just have to try to be happy, no matter what you’re going through. I feel like God has brought me to that point. <3
Considering I’m only 15, haven’t made to many big life changing decisions, but I really hope that everything works out the way you want it to:).
I just now wrote out a long response and added cute little links at the end for you, I accidentally clicked on one and now my well thought out plan is ruined.
Since i don’t want to throw something together and make a bad impression on you I decided to just tell you what happened and take the “Hahaha look at what I did” route.
I am so sad that I deleted it I don’t even feel like telling you the story, just pray that I did the right thing. I will pray for you and your daily choices that effect the big ones.
I will still give you the “cute” links.
http://www.modcloth.com/
http://psimadethis.com/
http://pinterest.com/
http://www.trendir.com/
http://www.juliansmith.tv/ (This one is just a joke, I’m not one of those creepy 15-year-olds who tell you that YOUR husband is cute… The “cute” links means that I think, you think they would be cute.)
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