Thursday, December 30, 2010

A Post About Nothing

Haha...so it's been since August, and I still have 'blogger's block.' There is literally nothing exciting that I can post here. Nederland is still Nederland - boring, dull, slow, etc., etc. The good news is that I'm praying about my move at the end of the school year. I'm applying to my usuals in San Antonio and also in the Clear Creek, Friendswood, League City area - hoping now that I've got some experience under my belt I might be able to get on somewhere outside Jefferson County.

I can say the last few months has been a huge growing experience for me personally. I know a lot more about what I want - but even more about what I DON'T want for myself and my future, though unfortunately it usually takes a mistake or two for me to realize those life altering revelations. God is so good; however, He never lets me suffer long and is true to His promise that I'll never have to go through more than I can handle.

Someone very dear to me said recently, "When it comes to life, all anyone needs is love." (Not quoting the song or Moulin Rouge, by the way.) That person was recently removed from their job, and was told flat out, "Love isn't enough anymore." I'm frightened by that statement, but see that dark thought hovering over this area like a thick fog waiting to descend. Perhaps it's my obvious and life-long disdain for the area I must always call my birth-place, but it seems so many people are desperate for something here and fill that need with something else that feeds the darkness. There is no room for love here anymore; I just never thought I'd hear someone say it!

More than ever I'm desperate to leave; knowing this time, I won't be coming back. It won't be long before I can move Mom (I hope) and turn my back on this place for good. I can only keep filling out job applications and continue praying for God's will to coincide with my desperation to be free of this place.