Mr. Wieder Goes to Washington

 

Well, it's official, our reign of terror in Pawleys Island is coming to an end in 5 short weeks. We have started packing up our home and are excited for our new adventure in our Nation's Capitol. It's still sinking in that we will be leaving all the kids have ever known, a lazy beach life, to the big city. And not just any city either! One that is rich in history, culture, people, and restaurants! ha!

It's pretty amazing how it all came together, and I know it is totally of God, so any fear, worry, or hesitation about it was never really there. Now, the kids, yes. It would keep me up at night thinking that I was tearing them away from the wonderful life we had created here: school, friends, swimming, surfing, soccer, dance, sandcastles, our home...
They resisted for the first 48 hours, pretty adamantly, but now, it's again the work of God, they keep asking "why can't we move to Washington today?" (although Cecelia still gets a little teary thinking about the move, but she just looks to Brendan for the example and quickly sweeps it aside and gets excited too! especially when I remind her that we can take a quick train to NYC to go the American Girl Doll store!)

Gary's new job awaits us, along with a whole congregation of people that we are anxious to meet and dive into the lives of, but it is still very hard to digest that I won't be seeing the people who have been part of my life these past ELEVEN years. They weren't just any eleven either, they were probably the most significant in my life: the birth of ALL FOUR of my children.

Pawleys will always be "home" for my kids, I think. This is where life began for them, but I couldn't be more excited to show them the world, and vacation in Pawleys. Duh?