| | After reading Rob's blogurb (that's a new word by me that refers to a blurb on a blog) discussing his five years on, I got to thinking about how much our lives have changed in this time too. (Actually, I just googled it and found that some German used it in 2005. Fredosphere!!!)
For the first time in a while, it feels like Jen and I are in a stable relationship with our community. In the past five years since our graduation, we have moved once every year - always finding a cooler neighborhood to move to in Atlanta while we were renting and then finding a great house in an affordable neighborhood in Southwest Atlanta our fourth year. Then, came the big move to Athens just under a year ago.
But in this time, so many things have already happened or are happening. Jen's enrolled in the Red Clay Writing program and has been accepted into the doctoral program at UGA. She's also found such a great fellowship of teachers at Whit Davis, which is excellent. I'm feeling very much at home and encouraged at the church through creating new programs and ideas for the church and community. I'm even applying to be a board member of the Keep Athens Clarke County Beautiful organization. I could be a board member, at 27! That feels odd, but cool. We've even found all of those sweet places in town that we're becoming regulars at such as Farm 255, Trappeze, The Grit, Mama's Boy, and the Hot Corner. We've got the greatest neighbors all around. I'm even feeling drawn to watching UGA football games!
Five years ago after graduating from Hiram College, I never would have thought that Jen and I would have stayed in Georgia at all past the time at Candler School of Theology. I assumed it would have been a short trip down to Georgia and back up to Ohio. It's interesting how new opportunities emerge within your life that compel you to follow a new path.
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