We're roughly eleven months into our relocation and there is no clear end in sight. At times the process has made me feel incredibly isolated and alone. I've been unable to find a new job that will allow me to move and have been unwilling to give up a job and a career I love. We are making it work to the best of our abilities. On the flip side, I have been incredibly supported by close friends and family who have been doing everything in their power to make this transition easier on me, on my husband, and on us and our cats as a family. So it's safe to say that 2017 was difficult and stressful but that we were also incredibly blessed.
As we say goodbye to the year and I hope for a smoother 2018, two quotes rattle around in my head, giving me hope for the year ahead.
"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: You don't give up." Anne Lamott
Fairy tales are more than true — not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten." G.K. Chesterton (This quote is paraphrased but it is a popular paraphrasing of the original and it is my favorite variant.)
I hope, if you're reading this (or even if you're not), that your 2018 has had more ups than downs, more triumphs than failures. Regardless of what 2017 looked like, I hope your 2018 is even better yet.
