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Out of Boxes Me Is Living ~ Living In My Boxes Only
No matter how I flip the word around it still comes out LIMBO and that is where my life is right now along with my home! So that is the present…
The past… a home full of life, two rambunctious boys, working full time, running to and from team practices and games (never the same team but sometimes the same night across town from each other), laughter, love, messy house, cooking, grilled cheese sandwiches, drive thru meals on Tuesday nights (BK used to be dollar Tuesday night for kids meals), trips to the dock to see Daddo, grocery shopping, prayers, deep sea fishing, broken arm, running errands, boys fighting, more life, dog running around, stitches, backyard b’day parties, bird making noise, learning phases, home LIFE groups, pool cleaning, car washing, lawn mowing, swinging on the swing set, pool time, baby teeth falling out, “milk” please, ho does with mac and cheese, church, teen age boys, driving permits, high school, jobs, car keys, graduation, college, home for sale, moving out…
The future… empty nest, tears, occasional visits, new digs, prayers, new jobs, new business, college graduations, more tears, weddings, in laws, holidays, meeting new people, building a practice, quiet times, fishing, dock side picnics, grandkids, more tears, moving forward…
So what exactly should a home be? It should be whatever the homemaker wants it to be, whatever he or she envisions, it should be whatever they call “home”!
[Annie here]
Home’s got to change with life. Are you willing to let go of the way home used to be – whether in your childhood or in your first years of marriage or pre-baby or before you downsized or just last month – and move forward into what your home needs to be now?
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Julie McKamey is the wife of two almost-all-grown-up boys, a new empty-nester, and is currently shuttling back and forth between getting their home in Missouri sold and helping her husband set up his chiropractice clinic in their hometown of Highlands, North Carolina. She is a positive, energetic, encouraging, and aims to live by these words: “When God aims us in a new direction, we have to let go of what we’ve known, be willing to embrace the unfamiliar, and trust He will sustain us on the journey.”
I am guilty of getting caught up in the past or the future rather than enjoying life right now. I have to consciously decide to put blinders on and live the moment. Life is so much better enjoying the moment. I don’t know why we make it so hard!