Two Big Changes

There are two big changes around the Tucker house. First, today was the official end of summer as Lynn went back to her job at Denbigh High school. There was a moratorium on me mentioning anything about this impending certainty, but ignoring it didn’t help-- Lynn is back to school. (The good news is that the students won’t be there for another week and a half.) But Lynn going back to work is not the big change.

No, the big change is the boomerang. Tressa will be moving back home in early September. The plan is for me to drive to Arkansas on September 12, help her pack up, spend some time with my parents and sister, and be back by September 18. Of course, Tressa has a couple of job irons in the fire, and this timetable will be accelerated if one of those jobs works out sooner. She is looking for a teaching job in high school or middle school Social Studies. So if there are any school principals out there in blogville...

How do I feel about Tressa coming back home to live? Well, Lynn and I thoroughly enjoyed our empty nest. (We didn’t exactly throw a part when Angelynn joined her sister at college. Or did we?). But at the same time, we are also thoroughly excited about Tressa moving back home too. We were happy when she went off to school; we’ll enjoy her for as long as she’s back home. And when she gets her career going, moves out on her own, makes her first million and buys her Dad a new truck to make up for the one she blew up, we’ll be OK with that too!.

Circumstances change. Even in the relationships that we treasurer the most, the circumstances always change. The secret to a happy life is being happy right now, and not looking to the future waiting for the circumstances to change. Paul said, “I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation.” But in the very next verse he said, “I can do everything through him who gives me strength.” (Phil 4:12-13). That secret of contentment comes only when we rely on God’s strength.