That's how we found ourselves staring at this delicious cake, in a room full of people celebrating Mark's retirement from the municipal athletics field. Yup, as a single-income family, in the middle of this rough economy, Mark quit his job! There are only two reasons that we would do that.
1. We have lost our minds.
2. We are so in love with our God that we are willing to do whatever He asks! We believe that being in the center of his will is the best place for our family.
Hopefully, you guessed #2! Although, I wouldn't blame you if you picked #1. I know that when I listened to friends who did similar things tell their stories my heart started racing and I got stressed out for them! Don't worry, this decision has been almost a year in the making. We have prayed and prayed and prayed about it, and God has made it SO clear that this is the path for us!
Now, back to that party! Mark's coworkers are the nicest group of people! They really threw him such a sweet going away party!
His boss, Chuck, gave a really nice speech. It's a good thing the girls ran up and jumped up in his lap so he didn't cry too much! Mark is going to take a LOT of ideas from Chuck for his next job. He's a great boss!
They had a real street sign made for Mark! How cool is that??
He's going to miss these folks!
I'd never met most of the people there, but it was great to see so many come out for his send off!
The girls were thrilled with the cake. :)
There they are! I didn't even work with them, but I'm going to miss them too! Such a great group!!
So...what's the next step?? Well, all the pieces fell into place a mere 6 HOURS before Mark had to put in his 2 weeks notice. He was up against a big deadline.
It was the first day of school! My honey is back in college! I know, we can hardly believe this is happening ourselves. He's taking a ridiculous amount of hours AND doing a 40 hour a week internship! Yes, he's that amazing. :)
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