I'm Living a Story I Wrote



On a whim, I searched my own name with Yahoo. I've never done that before, not with Yahoo specifically. But I switched my default search engine from Google a couple months ago, so I thought I'd see what came up.

Anyway, one of the top results was a guest post I wrote for The Association for Mormon Letters about The Freezer. It's been over a year since I last read that post, and a wave of emotion hit me quite without warning when I read this passage:

And the interesting thing to me is not that [Thane is] trying to do what’s best when it’s not clear what’s best (though that is the case). The thing I like about Thane’s story is how much he must risk in order to follow what he hopes is the best path.

 You see, that's exactly the position my wife and I find ourselves in right now. 

To be sure, our situation doesn't remotely resemble Thane and Dawn's. We're still physically together, along with all our children. But we're preparing our house to sell and checking Zillow every day, hoping to find a perfect new home in another state. 

Our Home

It's not for a new job, which seems to be reason most people move. It's for the health of our family, primarily physical health. We hope that the low elevation, warmer climate, and higher humidity of Oregon will make life a little easier for the members of the family with chronic illness. It seems to help, at least for several weeks. Unfortunately, we can't afford to run a longer experiment. We have to pull up stakes and leave the only home we've ever known and most of our relatives.

Me and My Boys in Oregon

We're trying to follow the best path for our family, hoping we've got the right path and risking a lot.

And I'm praying for a happy ending.

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