Direction

When you want to find your way while you on vacation or to a place you have not been before you typically would ask for directions or use a map, well that's the old school way. I can remember going on a road trip when I was growing up and my dad had a map that he kept in the front with my mom.  I can remember looking over my moms shoulder at the excitement of seeing where we going and which way the map told us to go.  The adventure was always different but it was always a journey.  




I have used my google maps more then I can count and I will tell all that my saving grace these last couple of weeks has been Yelp.  We definitely hit the ground running.  Everything about our old life is different.  From grocery shopping to restaurant options.  I knew it would be and watching it unfold before our eyes has been fun and challenging. Challenging because we know no one and we miss everyone we know.   Living in an apartment for one is different from the vast open country that we have come from.  Country living is nice.  Looking at the trees and listening to the birds.  Seeing all the green grass and open fields of corn or whatever the farmer has planted.  As I looked into the maps to find my way around I found that I traded the open fields for pavement and buildings.  There are trees here and there are birds.  There are also mountains to look at.  Driving through the mountains were amazing and see the crops here were pretty cool too. The ocean view was amazing in itself.

After using my yelp to find stores and food, I used my google maps app to find directions to things like the mountains, the beach, different cities, the golden gate bridge and even muir woods.
I am thankful for my maps and yelp to help me find direction to where I am going.  Without direction I do not know where I am going.  I have direction from not only a map but from Dan and my kids.  They do not come with a map but they have helped me find my way as to where I am going.  With Dan I have found a new way of living and a new place to live.  Because of his job I had direction as where to live, very close to work.  Because of my kids I had direction as to where to live, close to good schools.
We will be living in an apartment for the next year but it will all work out.  It's not what I had imagined for my life in the direction it was taking but it is a good choice.  I know that with any direction I go in I will be ok.  I have my family by my side.  It isn't easy and there are challenging days.  We don't have all of our family with us and those are days that are challenging.  The days we wish we had everything we were used to.  However we know that the new direction will be ok and finding our new direction will work out.

Can't wait to see and hug our family!