Hello, my name is Mandee and I have anxiety.
It’s not you, it’s me…really.
I’ve battled with anxiety for most of my life. I can remember as a child not being able to sleep because I had a test the following day. I could have studied all week for that test and knew the answers backward and forward and I still stressed about the test taking part. You see, I’m not very good with change. I like things to be normal and comfortable. I like to know exactly what to expect.
Life has a way at throwing curve balls at us all. It seems at times when you are most comfortable, that’s when you have to start dodging those balls.
I’ve been wanting to tell you all about the balls we have been dodging, however I wasn’t ready…until today.
You see, my husband had been at his job for the past 15 years. He loved his job and the people he worked with had become family, we were comfortable. We all know that God likes to take us out of our comfort zones, but to be honest what He was about to do was something we had been praying for…for quite some time.
My husband had been considering a career change (I won’t go into all of the details because well, that might be boring to some of you), however we knew it was time, but we didn’t exactly know where we were going to end up. We knew we trusted that God would lead us to the right place at the right time and so we waited…
And then it happened…
All of a sudden everything was happening all at once. We had a new job, our house that wasn’t even on the market was sold (I kid you not, we got an offer on the house within days of accepting the new position), and we were planning to move. The only problem, we still have no idea where we are moving.
I hope you will continue to stop by and share your support and your stories about how you have overcome challenges in your life while we sit and wait for the right house to come available for us in the right neighborhood.
Did I mention the new job is in a new state!? It sure is! How exciting right? And scary…but we are so ready for this new chapter in our lives!
More to Come on Raising My 5 Sons…
Lot’s of Luck! Sometimes change is exciting!
Thanks Maryann!
I’m so sad it’s in another state. I was reading along thinking “there is a house next door to us!!”, but I guess that’s not really what you are looking for, lol! Prayers it all gets put into place quickly so you don’t have that anxiety! (I know exactly how that can feel!)
Kara—And it’s not even in a state we have NEVER in a million years thought we would be moving to! God sure does have a way at surprising us! We are so full of emotion right now, but mostly excitement and anticipation! It’s all working out so wonderfully…now to just find that house! haha! Thank yo so much! 🙂