Starting Over at Seventy?

I am about to embark on a new journey at the ripe old age of Seventy.  If anyone had asked me some years ago what I would be doing when I am Seventy years old, it wouldn't have been this.  I'm about to pull up stake in Texas and move to Georgia.  I'm turning in my longhorns for peaches.  Guess my Mom would be happy that I will be rooting for the Atlanta Braves Baseball now.  Mom loved them so much.  She knew all the players and the positions they played.  Didn't know any other team, just them.  Funny. 

I have enjoyed Texas, living in Dallas in the Seventies and Houston from 1987 till 2014.  That's the longest I have lived in any city, even my birth city.  The memories of our times here will never be forgotten, but now I am going to build wonderful new memories in Atlanta with Pam, John, and "Little Tanner".  Of course Wendy is moving along with me so we have our work cut out for us. We each have a house to sell and I have to finish remodeling this house and Wendy has to finish teaching school for the year.

Life is moving faster for me now so I have to cram as much in it as possible.  That won't be hard with Tanner just around the corner from me and his Aunt Wendy.  She has to get him educated with lots of books and I have to put love in his heart by holding him close.  Pam and John have given me a gift that will never be surpassed.  I feel blessed that I have two daughters that God has brought back together and although I don't have Steve to help me enjoy my full family, I know he would be glad that I went to Georgia to be together with them all.

I suppose the first celebration when I get there will be Tanner's birthday in May along with Wendy's.  Then will come the 4th of July and Pam's birthday and on and on.  It is safe to say that I will be a busy person.  It's not good to be idle and I have spent much time since Steve's passing that way.  Time to pull out the wagon and fill it up with many new and wonderful memories.  

Another good thing about moving to Atlanta is that I will be much closer to where Jeanne and Edmond live in Tennessee and I will be closer to Virginia.  I will be able to go to Galax and to McMinnville much easier than before.

It will be very sad to pull out of this drive for the very last time but I must not look back.  I must be thankful there is a future waiting for me and when I pull into my new driveway I will give thanks to God.

Life is good.