Tag Archives: Transition

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All’s Grace

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Last week got off to a rough start. A funk enveloped me and I wasn’t sure I was going to find my way out. Moving can be hard. A thirty-fifth birthday can be hard. Together they became the double whammy that did me in…at least for a couple of days. But sometime Wednesday morning the […]

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The Hardest Part About Moving

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I left Nashville four weeks ago today. And my transition for the most part has been surprisingly smooth. That doesn’t mean that I don’t have mornings, like this one, where I wake up aching to turn the clock back four weeks and relish in a place that I know and that I feel known. That […]

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The Surreal Life

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I said my last goodbye and pulled out of Nashville eight days ago. And it still hasn’t hit me that this isn’t some supped up vacation. I have been in Orange County since Wednesday, but haven’t even begun to get settled. {I know what you are thinking. I should be settled by now. I’ve had […]

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5 Lessons I Have Learned

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The Moving Edition Tomorrow morning I get on an American Airlines flight and head to Orange County to begin my new adventure. I am thankful that I will be greeted by a few familiar faces, that I have found a lovely place to lay my head {once my bed and all my stuff make their […]

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Strange Things That Californians Say

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The movers got here this morning and my stuff is being loaded on a truck to make its way to California. It all feels surreal. The last meals at all my favorite Nashville haunts, the lingering goodbyes, and the talk of a new job, a new life, in a faraway land. Surreal. As I try […]

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Looking Up

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Gosh, sorry I haven’t written since the big news. I meant to, but time has sort of escaped me. How have I been doing??? Well, I have been a tad overwhelmed. The logistics of moving to California are far more complicated than I imagined.  Figuring out where to live and how to get my self, […]

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On Leaving Well…

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So a week from today is my last official day at Thomas Nelson. How crazy is that? It feels crazy, really crazy. And I am still sorting through my plethora of emotions…sadness, happiness, excitement, fear, optimism, and of course grief. As I read through the emails, comments and twitter encouragement after my announcement, I was […]