Reflections on NYC life

So we pull out of the city in less than 40 hours - no, we are NOT done packing!  But, we will get it done!  The movers come on Thursday the 22nd and we close this chapter of our lives in Manhattan.  It has been a week of goodbyes, tears, frustrations, fatigue, and absolute gratefulness in my heart.  So many emotions - don't really know what to do with them all.  I am so thankful for the friendships that I have made this year - new friends that have become a part of my life.  I am overwhelmed at how I feel this city has changed me as a person and I can't wait to see as I integrate back into non-urban life just how it has really has done that.  I am so grateful for the new little boy in our lives and that he is doing so well at 6 weeks.  I am still on the mend fighting another case of mastitis, but I really feel God carrying me right now and whispering to me every moment, "It's gonna be OK."  Todd has done the impossible over the last 3 months - selling our house this past week in the middle of trying to do most of the packing as I am spent on the kids and my own health.  He is amazing and I celebrate being able to do this journey with him.  We leave here with sad hearts at those we love and will miss, but eager to see the beginning of this new life in Hilton Head and the new ministry that awaits us.  No blogs for awhile as we move so I will see you on the flipside...