A change of plans...

I am not the kind to use my blog as a place to share personal stories and tell of my inner most feelings, but many people have asked and are wondering what we are doing now. There have also been rumors around Aberdeen that Angie is moving back to town, etc. So to set things straight, I thought I would fill you in...

Back in July my mom was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer that had spread to her liver, bones, and a little bit on her lungs. As you can imagine the news was a shock and a devastation to our family, especially since we didn't know a lot at first. I was planning on teaching 5th grade in Rigby again the following school year, and Marc had just graduated and was doing an internship that would end in August. When seeing my mom in such a sickly state and realizing that dad would be starting harvest soon, I felt a strong obligation to be available to help my mom. Knowing that I was the only child in the position to help, since I don't have kids, I decided to quit my job as a teacher to be able to help mom and the family.

I wasn't sure how it was going to work, but just felt like this is what I needed to do. I worried what people would think since logically it was a pretty dumb thing to do...quitting my job when my husbands internship would be ending soon. For the most part people were nice about it or at least acted like they understood. When Whitney started school and Marc's internship ended we moved in with my parents and Marc started working for my dad until he found something else. We were a little worried not really knowing what the future had in store for us, and not really having any plans after harvest was over. We knew that with this ecomony jobs were going to be hard to come by. So we just prayed extra hard and had faith something would work out.

A few weeks after doing this a great job opened up in Aberdeen. It was through a produce company called L&M Companies out of Raleigh, North Carolina but it is based at Pleasant Valley Potato in Aberdeen. Marc got the job so we fixed up one of dad's farm houses and moved to Aberdeen. For those of you who don't know much about Aberdeen, unless your going to be a farmer, good jobs are hard to come by. Also I am taking over my mom's job of doing the books for Chandler and Angie's business, something I can always do from home. I never dreamed I would be back in Aberdeen, but I am so grateful I can be close to my mom during this time.

When I think back about how hard it was to take a step in the dark and trust that we were doing the right thing, I realize how much the Lord had a hand in how things worked out. I have learned a lot about trusting in the Lord and having courage through hard times. Mom continues to improve and I can't help but be completely grateful for how blessed we have been.