Vero Life

As we are in Vero this past week, I got a little mini-affirmation at church. If we have to move back which is still up in the air, I wasn't going to be too happy about it. Well, a few people have encouraged me to change my attitude about it but it has been hard. I am though and the Lord has been gracious and merciful to me. Sitting at church, the husband of a friend of mine stood up to display the QUILT BLOCK his wife had made for their mother/daughter quilt block project. Talk about jaw on the floor. FANTASTIC.
They all made a bunch that are being donated to Carenet here (a woman's pregnancy place).
It may just turn out to be true that they're not ALL bad here. Lol
I just have to find them. They are fewer and further between here, these wonderful women.
I called this friend and we had a long talk about her coming home again, letting go of all the running around, baking bread, sewing, etc. So I guess they are here too but they're are just not YOU. Sigh. It is not like me to be SO unbending. I am realizing though that the thing I always say about having friends is true. In order to HAVE a good friend, you have to BE a good friend. So I am going to try to connect here, find some friends that suit our lifestyle, enocurage others, you know, get plugged in. It is hard to do that in two places but why should I look at it like it is a difficulty instead of a blessing? Two homes, two churches, two places to laugh, live and love. At least for awhile anyway.
Perhaps the people are just different on the outside and I haven't looked deep enough. Which is equally as odd because I lived here for SO many years.
What's that old saying about people staying the same? Probably true.
They just wear a little more lipstick here...
IF we do come back, I am coming back full force!
And ok, I'll brush my hair more. But NO lipstick!