April 19, 2005

April's Mystery and Misery

And you think you have potholes??? Look at this one! A lava skylight... look at the HVO scientist in the blue protective gear, and compare the two! HVO Photo

For the nation and for me personally this is the month of misery. Civil War Battles Assasinations of both Lincoln and ML King. Oklahoma City... Columbine... for me personally, I have spent much of this month in bed from sickness for most of my life, but for my time in Hawaii. I think its pollen.... My Fathers death, my divorce, losses of two critical jobs and in 1996 I nearly died of anaphalyctic shock. You might say leaving Hawaii falls into this group too. This was one of the hardest things that I have ever done.

But...daily now, I think this may turn out to be one of the wisest things I have ever done as well. I look around me and see the trappings pf prosperity. Of people happy with their lives. There are more homes than people here and plenty of jobs in the paper. Woody is already happier, and I have strated to tell myself to go with the flow and not push my way into anything, For I know that God is leading.

We looked at homes all day yesterday and today we went to a development called April Sound, located on Lake Conroe. We looked at a home that might just be a close second to my home in Hawaii, but better in that its private and I have a place to garden and a view of the lake. Its going to be very different from what I am used to but on the other hand I am a Stranger in a Strange Land...

Woody made and offer on the place ....we shall see....It looks like Texas after all. I hope that I can count this as a positive April experience, living in "April" for a long time to come.