Expanding
What will I be expanding for the new year? My spirituality, my family at some point, and my household. These things all have something in common. My growing relationship with my fiancée, GiGi.
Spiritually growing is something that should never stop, and GiGi keeps me on my toes as I should also so for her, but I would say at this time she is my checks-and-balances on the matter. She never lets me take the easy way out during our almost daily Bible studies, which have morphed from using daily Bible guides to reading the Bible and coming away with our own Bible study. Sometimes when I am lazy and I think I have read a passage or know the meaning six ways to Sunday I just give a small response, sometimes only a few words to be exact. She insists on a longer, deeper conversation, which depending on how early or how many cups of coffee, I am most likely to oblige but sometimes I give a grumbling. I am glad I have her in this regard though, left to me I would be growing a lot slower for sure.
Growing my family, now that’s pretty easy to figure out and it’s what I am really excited about and most nervous about. I have never had kids and was always happy to be the cool uncle that shows up, jokes around, and spoils his nieces and nephews from time to time. I love them but I longed to be a father. I have come out in this area half-stepping it seems, in my head, I wonder why teenagers listen to me at this point. I only see them twice a month. GiGi lives in Oklahoma, but the number of times I see them isn’t the point. I have to stop with the fun uncle mentality and start acting with a father’s authority. It’s not easy stepping up knowing I could make mistakes or have them hate me but as the second half of this new partnership it is my duty to do so even if they don’t like me for it because I will be charged with turning out Christian men of integrity and a daughter in the same regard. Pray for me!
Lastly, expanding my household. I am still pretty confident that my new family will move to Olney, with recent favorable news of being able to lease the house I am in. It will surely make the decision more favorable to live here. With that in mind, I have to start planning to get this old farmhouse suitable for five people instead of just one and two dogs. Hmm… that might make a good TV series, a man and two dogs?? I have already made one room suitable for the twin boys but the last bedroom is full of construction materials for renovations. It will take some heavy lifting and many trips to the storage container to empty that room then comes fixing it up. Looks like my work is cut out for me. I won’t grumble one bit though; my life is becoming so rich, the riches you get that do not include money and I am excited for the future! This is Will B saying, well maybe one or two grumblings with all the lifting that will take place. HaHa