t minus 5 months

This time next year, I will be a resident of the state of Colorado. Wow.

I am SOSOSO EXCITED. Mark and I are moving to Littleton, right outside of Denver. (Yes, where the Columbine shooting was.) Every single thing about this area of the country is worth obsessing over. Seriously. The weather is perfect, the scenery is ridiculous, the people are friendly, the presence of nature is intoxicating. AH. I am completely, positively, absolutely in love.

There's one fact that has been staring me in the face lately, though: Colorado is reallysupercrazily far away from Tennessee. This fact has mean eyes, and it even growls. I don't like it at all.

There's positives about this, too, though. Mark and I will grow in ways we never could if we stayed here. Being so far away from comfort also forces us to depend on God. And I have no doubt that this move is in the very center of God's will for our lives. That alone is comfort enough.

I'm trying my hardest to let my excitement overshadow any worries I might have.

Okay - let's be real here - of course I have worries.

I want a job exactly like I have now. I want Mark to love his new job. I want to raise a wonderful family, have beautiful children in an excellent school system, and have an awesome support group of friends.

All of these things may be God's plan for us. But, there's a chance that God's plan won't include any of those things at all. His plan is perfect, though, and I have to trust him.

Littleton, Colorado: we're comin' for you. Get ready.