Family First...

Several months ago, I was faced with and interesting prompting. I have always believed that I follow promptings of the Spirit and by doing so, I have been led down many paths that for good or bad have directly affected the lives of others. In some cases, I have done so willingly and in others, not so willingly. I am not sure really in any of those cases, I have accomplished what I was supposed to but I cannot deny I have had an effect.


Along the way, I have also made some of the best friends and relationships for which any one person could ask. In many cases, I have also had to leave great friendships behind. I think that because I have felt like I have always had a purpose in my nomadic endeavors that it has always cushioned the feelings of mourning friendships past. Unfortunately, my family can't share in my convictions, in that regard, they are forced to trust me.


Something very different has taken place in my most recent migration. This migration was prompted by the feeling that it was time to focus on our family. The last few years have been very difficult; I have not been in a happy place and as a result, have not been the best father that I could be. I didn't realize exactly how much influence a job could have on me. It's quite sad really. Anyway…moving on.


My children have always had great friends and so have my wife and I. For the last several years, we have been close to family and able to spend time with them. In moving, I have ripped my family away from that…but it is for a purpose. I think that in some ways we were closer to people outside our house than we were to each other. I believe that our reason for moving from our comfortable life and friendships was to bring us closer together as a family. As in time past, I won't be able to see if that happened until it is too late but I believe that is the purpose.


I guess now it is left in our hands to figure out how.