Divulging information.

This morning I awoke and decided not to shower before the kids came into my bedroom.  I laid staring at the ceiling with, what I imagined, my hair in a coif of fuzzy curls around my head -- my least favorite look due to my larger than average ears.  My ears are the reason I shower.  If I didn't have these ears, I would not be so concerned with my frizzy hair -- but alas, it is my lot in life.

As is transition.  Maybe that's the reason why I desire more children.  If this day and tomorrow are going to be full of inevitable transition, then why add to it my unmet desire for more children?  And when people say, 'oh dear!  don't add more children to your plate!'  I can add, in my best even tone, 'what plate?  I have no plate.  There seems to be an undefined amount of room on my plate... sometimes it is FULL and sometimes it is EMPTY.  But when it's empty I like to fill it with all my TEARS just to feel full.'  I think that would get a positive reaction.  One that would be all for me having more children of my own.

All this is to say that the Schei family could be on a path that looks like less transition.  I know, I know... I don't mean to depress all of you who have enjoyed the ride but this ride is just about to lose it's Carni to insanity and it's just at those moments when God swoops in and does more than all we could ever ask or imagine.

Kyle has been working in downtown Seattle since beginning of April.  His company was selected to become part of an accelerator - a 12 week 'boot camp' to get your company to market offering resources needed and the office space to use them.  We have been pinching ourselves and are looking forward to another move...

The Schei family will be moving to Bainbridge Island, Washington.  It has been a longing for years and as the kids and I have prayed over the recent 6 months, we believe God is answering our cries for a home - a place where we can grow roots and establish relationships; a place where we can identify a church family and know that we'll be there for the long haul; a place where we can give ourselves to the local community and not flinch that we may not be there for next year's annual whatever.

Has God done this with every place we've been until now?  Yes!  We have roots in Tacoma, Snohomish, Mill Creek and Bellingham... we have established life-long relationships and been a part of church families and gotten involved in local events -- yet all of it has been with a sense that 'this is temporary' - I've been waiting for the moment when God would press out the wrinkles in my blanket and allow me to sit down, if you will.  That my heart, with all its wondering and desires, would look out and see a horizon that, though temporary eternally speaking, would arouse a sigh of relief and an ability to begin dreaming of the possibilities.  And I believe this is it.

Kyle grew up here... my in-laws live here... and we desire to live here.  The kids couldn't be more excited -- and oh my word, it is beautiful.  We've gone from the far north of Puget Sound in Bellingham, made our way around the South End in North Tacoma and are heading up the peninsula... it feels as though we've been in a holding pattern and we are coming in for the final approach.

... and I'll be anticipating more momentous flights all the while we are here and settling into life on the island.

Now what pictures to hang on my walls...