Sunday, December 18, 2016

Beyond the Lens

When we moved our family 10 months ago, we didn't know what expect. Besides the obvious difference of weather, much to our surprise there were many changes in store for us. Sure, to people seeing our pictures, everything looked wonderful! Warm weather, Disney trips and watching the sunset on the never ending sea looked like a dream! But the thing about pictures is they usually show the best parts of life or the memories we want to remember. Pictures didn't show a sleepy husband commuting 2 hours to work each way. They didn't show a struggling 8 year boy going through major issues in school. Pictures never showed confused parents of that boy searching for an answer to help their son. They didn't show our faces after each time we heard of yet another date set back to open Noah's new store. While capturing life's most precious and cherished memories on camera is nothing short of a miracle, living the moments beyond the lens is where real life can be found.
We lived out our day-to-day's with many life changing moments not seen or known by many and that is what made our decision to stay Florida a difficult one. While many changes were happening around us, we ourselves were changing. We were happier, growing spiritually at our church and finding peace with a slower pace of life. With time narrowing down and Aldi needing an answer we sought the Lord's direction and made the best decision for our family. It certainly wasn't the most popular decision and we know it hurt the people we love most. But now experiencing both sides of a move, being the one left behind and being the one leaving, I understand why people make these difficult decisions. They felt something, they lived it out, they experienced it and they made a choice. Going into great detail of why we came to this decision will never be suffice because there will always be those who understand and those who don't, I love them both. We can't say for certain this will be our forever home, but Florida is our home right now.

"For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible."