Today is my 30th birthday. I feel old but I know this is supposed to be my prime. I feel tired but I know I have been abundantly blessed.
It's hard to believe I was furiously thesising a year ago, working at a breakneck pace to finish a rough draft of chapter 4. Thomas Watson was first and foremost on my mind most of the time. I finished that thesis. I got a B+. It was a respectable grade. I graduated and have a nice little display on the wall with my degrees, my funny hat, and my theology hood.
We moved on grad weekend. Packed everyone and everything up and drove across Canada in a four day blizzard. We got settled in a nice house in Barrie that worked well with our physical needs and is ideally situated by a park and a library with a fenced in back yard for our son to play in.
I burnt out. The two years previous had not been kind to us and our mettle was tested; then the pressure was off for a moment and I had, what many counselors would consider, a graceful crash.
Our second son was born and our life was forever changed again.
The next few months were kind of a blur. We got connected at Willow Creek which was really good. Health started to return to us which was greatly needed. I helped out Church on the Hill in Orillia with Bible Study and built them a website.
I had to change my priorities in life a few times. I am grateful for my wife and have no idea what I would do without her.
Sammy has grown quickly and is by all means a good baby. Jonathan was diagnosed with autism and we spent three months going to parental classes to help him learn language. We got in close with Tori's parents who have been absolutely wonderful to us throughout everything.
I got full time work at The Source call centre where I get paid decently well to deal with varying levels of crazy on a day to day basis. We got news that our best friends were getting a divorce and that threw us (perhaps me especially) for about three months. Tori and I worked on our own relationship, taking time for honest conversations and serving each other.
Now we're hosting Christmas in just under a week and have been connecting with my sister and Tori's brother and sister-in-law through Heroes of the Storm and World of Warcraft.
It's only been a year since thesis and I want to study again. I suppose that means I'm a lifer. Oh well. Maybe next year I will have time. I suppose I could make time but what would I drop from my schedule? Life is very full right now and I am often tired.
So that was my rambli-oistic year in review. We cram a lot into life. Now on to 31 I suppose. May the Lord grant us wisdom and direct our steps according to his will.
Greg Out
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