Sometime back, I blogged about "Growing up Dixon" and all the things wonderful about the Dixon Community. Well, I'm back. Back in May, we stumbled across this place and within a couple weeks we had made an offer and were on our way back to Dixon. (Well, I was on my way back. Lane was coming for the first time.) Lane has always dreamed of living in the country. I thought I had left for the big city years ago and was never coming back. It took lots of prayer, tears and sleepless nights to get me convinced it was what I wanted to do. We have lots to do here. The house was build in 1984 and sits smack dab in the middle of 13.5 acres and needs some love. Oh, it has amazing character and lots of great things but still needs some love. There is a creek that I used to play in as a child. The front left side of the land is next to my uncle's house which my cousins live in now and the back side backs up to land another uncle owned where two of my cousins have homes. Sorta like coming home and it's less than a mile to my mom and dad's.
During this time, Catherine and Roy moved back to the area. They live near Roy's parents and are doing great in their new house the in-laws bought and fixed up for them. Their precious baby girl, Charly Laine, is at the top of the list for cuteness and has brought a lot of joy to our family so far.
During this time of Catherine's move and our move to the woods, Liz and Ryan separated. Sad. Hard. Heartbreaking for my precious daughter. BUT, God has a plan. I know that separations and divorces are bad and not what God intends but I also know and believe that He is in control. I know that He has an amazing plan for Elizabeth and like I remind her, I can't wait to see what her future holds. Yes, there has been gossip. Lots, I'm sure. But my daughter has spunk. She even text messaged one such gossip queen and gave her all the gory details. She said that way, the gossip would at least have the facts. That's my girl!!!!
Then another biggie. Mom's surgery. Wow. What a mess. My mother has never been sick, nor has my dad. Tests and scans were foreign language to us. The last time she was in the hospital was when my sister was born. She's 50. So all this threw us for a loop. Mom had not been herself for sometime and after tests and scans and doctor visits, it was determined that she had a blocked carotid artery on the right side of her neck. This explained the vision issues in her right eye and the numbness on the left side of her body. Scary stuff. Crazy things happened during the surgery. You know that list they go over with you before you have surgery saying this and that could happen??? Well, all those things DID happen. Well, except the last one. And that night after the surgery, we didn't know what was going to happen. But thanks to all the prayers and God's grace and blessings, momma is great and getting back to herself. But it really knocked us all for a loop for a while.
So, life in the Logan household has not been boring. I seriously think we are now on the downside. Things appear to be going great for everybody. Well, Elizabeth is still kinda sad but functioning as best she can and doing great. Catherine is having sleepless nights and those new mom worries. Mom is still recovering and not yet back to her old self but doing better everyday. Lane and I still haven't sold our house on Wintergreen but know we will eventually and we still have lots to do at the new house. And if I can keep Lane out of the emergency room because of bee stings, we can continue exploring the property.(Yes, we did go to the emergency room last week. Oh, and the doctor said "I" probably saved his life by giving him a double dose of antihistamine before we went. I will continue to throw that up to him because he owes me bigtime.) We discovered an old barn with some wooden carts and lots and lots of beautiful shrubs and plants. There are all types of fruit bearing trees and vines. Love, love, love.
No, life isn't always easy and bunnies and butterflies. But, it is so much easier to handle the hard times when you know God is in control and will never leave you. My motto, which I struggle with, is to worry less and give it to God. I don't always do this, but as I grow more in my Christian faith, it is easier to give it to God. And you know what???? He'll take it.
