New Job!!!!

It is official, Kal got a new job in Kamloops BC. He was hired on by Oxford Properties to be a Operations Supervisor at the Aberdeen Mall. This is a promotion of sorts as with Cadillac Fairview he was operations/maintenance for the professional building at Market Mall. Now he will have workers under him and also share responsibility for the day to day operations of the mall. This is a very exciting and fun time for him and our little family. They actually came to Calgary to meet Kal and then flew him to Kamloops for an interview, Kal felt rather special that they would take the time to to come out and bring him there. So now onto figuring out what comes next. We have been praying for this for a while now and now that it is upon us we are a little in awe at the prospects of selling our house and moving provinces in a short amount of time. We know that this is what our Father in Heaven would have us do at this time and we know it will all work out the way he intends it to, but it is hard not to see the big picture right at this moment.

So now how do I feel about this move? I have mixed emotions.....Calgary was and is a very true blessing for us. We moved to Calgary so I could take care of my Grandmother who has since passed. When we moved Kal did not have a job, I was expecting Jackson and we left our parent's and siblings and nieces and nephews back in BC and Seattle. We started on our own and it was the very best thing for us at that time. We grew up individually and as a couple....we started our little family all on our own. We have made friends in Calgary who have truly become just like our family.....for those who do not have family living closely around them you can understand what it means to have good friends...they help to fill that void.....you come to rely on them for those needs that you would normally go to your family for.
So after 5 years away from our families it is this reason mainly that is taking us back closer to them. We want to be part of those family dinners that so often we would hear about or call in the middle of...we want to be able to go away for the weekend and drop the kids off at our parent's house....we want to be able to just go and hang out. I also want and feel a need to be closer to my older sister, Joelene, who is blind and mentally handicapped. My mom is her full time 24 hours a day care giver and she could use a break...I wan to give her more breaks more often and being only 5 hours away verses 12 is going to make it much easier. Kal wants to be able to help out his parents when needed and only being 3 hours away verses 9 is much better to do that. We also have wanted to live in a smaller town for a long time.....no traffic seems like a really nice change for us.

All these things are what is taking us to Kamloops, but my heart breaks for those that we will leave behind and for what Calgary has meant to our family. My girlfriends have meant so much to me......they have become my sisters...my confidants....my joy..... I will miss them....I want to name each one but knowing me a I will forget some one and hurt their feelings and so I will not name any one, but you know who you are.

I will miss my cousin's who for so long I did not see because we lived in Washington, but when we came to Calgary we spent lots of time together...family is every thing for me and I love my cousins and Aunts and Uncles...I am so grateful that they would include us in there family get together's...so much fun and so much love.

I will miss my wonderful neighbours......Shirley and Steve, Keith and Diana, Cheryl and Allan, Ann, Arden and Dale, June, Lendy and the girls, Francis....what wonderful people to have gotten to know....I will miss the treats and the phone calls and a hi how are you on the street.

I will miss my house...our first little house that we owned...how I love my home....

There is so much more that I could say but of course I am sure you are tired of reading my minds thoughts...it does help to write this all down...I guess I should keep a journal.....but this seems to be so much easier.

Any way I am in Seattle at my Mom's...she just had knee surgery today so I am here helping with my sister....Jackson is playing and Walker is sleeping...and it is of course raining! Jackson told me he loves the rain...yuck...he needs to live here a little longer and then he may change his mind. Getting ready for Christmas and Santa...splitting Christmas between 3 families makes for one busy holiday but so much fun! Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!