Six month update
Six months ago our pocket of the the country was blanketed in smoke from ravaged wildfires. We were milking our pool membership to the very last day we could swim outside. The children were sporting new backpacks beginning new adventures in second, fourth, and seventh grade. And our sabbatical was over. Rob was trying to get re-established in his work and ministry again. First day of school! I was carrying my phone around as if it were a pager waiting to hear about a placement for the job I was offered last spring. Until this fall, I had not worked outside the home since the year Rob and I lived in northwest Indiana back in 2005. This was before we had children. It took several years including a brief stint of taking veterinary education classes before I figured out what career I wanted. As much as I love dogs and cats, God made it evident over a period of several years that I was to take a job in early childhood education. I still do youth ministry as a volunteer so I