Emotional

I have been SOOOOO emotional lately! I don't know what it is, but the littlest things have been making me break down into tears. Sad, happy, touching, spiritual, offensive, nice... doesn't matter what, they just all result in crying.

My latest sob fest came today after I was talking to my dad on the phone. He got a job this weekend!! Yay!! That is exciting news because it has been a long time since he has had an official "job." But guess what... the job is in Canada. Calgary, Canada to be exact. He starts January 4. He will leave shortly after Christmas to go up there and find a place to live and get settled before he starts work. The rest of my family will stay down here until Zachary leaves on his mission at the end of May ish, and then they will follow my dad up to Calgary.

I'm freaking out. Freaking. Out. Everytime I think about my family being that far away at this stage of my life I burst into tears. There was a time in my life when no distance would have been far enough away... but now I'm finally starting to be closer to my family. And especially because Nick and I will be starting a family in the next year or two. My mom is supposed to be here to walk me through being pregnant and plan my baby shower...

I know this is the Lord's doing. My dad was in exactly the right place at exactly the right time to be able to get that job, and they way things are working out, we can all see the Lord's hand in this. I know this is His will, I'm just having a really hard time with it. Don't you hate that? When you can see what He's doing and it makes perfect sense, but it's just hard to accept?

Funny thing about all this though... of all the places in the world my dad could get a job, he finds one in Calgary. Nick is Canadian and guess where he and his family are from... Calgary. What irony. Also funny, my mom hates the cold. Too bad it's like -13 degrees in Calgary right now. Good times. I guess this gives us a legit excuse to go up there and visit. I told Sierra she's not allowed to start liking the Flames though... Its Ducks or she's disowned!!