Getting settled...

So, it is my endeavor to document the reflections of my life…. Of the blessing of my Creator, lest I forget….

I sit here, with the waves gently lapping at my feet, the sun just beginning it’s long journey to bring light and warmth to the inhabitants of Key West… I hear roosters crowing, birds calling, boat motors and even the occasional plane overhead.

I lead a very blessed life and I intend to remain ever grateful and when the valley’s come, I can look at the reflection from the mountain and be still… and know…. That He is Good, He is God.

So how does a quiet, yet semi anal person wind up lounging by by the beach of party city? God, love…..

I never would have imagined this for my life – I had worked so hard to build a life for my son and I – started a thriving business, bought a beautiful little house that I could grow old in…. and was content… well for the most part…..

In the deepest places that I did not want to ackowlege, my heart yearned for more – to share this great life with another – to walk hand in hand with a beloved as God intended… for my son to have a “daddy”….

And if God had not already done enough, he granted me this secret desire in the man I have come to adore….. My most Canadian, American….

And that is how I have come to be here – in Sodom – I have given up everything I worked for to be with my love. And it is glorious!!

I have spent a very busy week trying to settle into this new life – a life so unfamiliar to me, barbed wire out my back window, id passes to get on and off the base, tourists everywhere and sharing a bathroom full time with a “guy”….

These moments here down by the beach are my little moments to stop and enjoy the goodness of my Creator…..

And what goodness there is – to look into my beloved’s eyes over dinner, to hear our son and his daddy laughing together, to know that they are sharing “manly” moments that I could never give him – these bring tears to my eyes as my heart overflows….

Yesterday I checked another “to do” off the list – We drove to homestead so I could write my certification exams – feel pretty good about how things turned out… will know in a week if I passed…

My kiddo just walkie talkied me and is on his way…. Now I sit and watch explore the rocks, trying to catch hermit crabs for me to hold J and that will bring this reflection to a close…. More tomorrow….