I'd be an absolute ingrate if I didn't do this. So just for you, Cheryl, I'm posting a special entry - thank you for the welcome home gift :) The card was awesome. Fantastic words. The person who wrote it must really know what it's like to close a chapter of your life to begin another. In fact, I think I'll share it with all who care to read:

When It's Time for a New Beginning...

You need faith. That things will be better.
You need strength. And you'll find it within.
You need patience and persistence.
You need hope, and you need to keep it close
to the centre of everything that means the most to you.

You need to put things in perspective.
So much of your life lies ahead!
You need to know how good it can be.
You need to take the best of what you've
learned from the old, and bring it to the
beautiful days of a new journey.

Life's new beginnings happen for very special reasons.
When it's time to move on, remember that it really is okay.
Because when a new beginning unfolds in the story of your life,
you go such a long way toward making the dreams of your tomorrows
come true.
- Douglas Pagels

Thanks Cheryl, for reminding me that it's okay to move on and that this is a beautiful part of the journey too. In more ways than one, I'm moving on. Some will be there in the next stage of life, some won't. But that's okay. Because in God's scheme of things, an important concept is eternity. And we have eternity :) So go ahead, live life, make your mistakes and when you're done doing all that, pick yourself up, dust off the dirt and walk on. As Mr Burt Bacharach would say, "One drop of rain doesn't make the sun go away".

Catch y'all soon.