It's Time

Many times, during the darkest days of Brad's job search, I said to him that my happiest day would be the day that the moving van pulled up in front of our house. This was because I was anxious for the wait to be over and to finally be on our way. Well, that day is here. It is a happy day in many respects, because now I know that Brad has found a fantastic job, and because now I know that soon our family will be back together under one roof. But it is also a sad day, because we're that much closer to leaving a place that each and every one of us calls home, and that place, as you know, is Shorewood, Wisconsin. When we moved here four years ago, not once in my wildest dreams did I imagine that Shorewood would so quickly become the home that it has become for us. Each of our kids, as well as Brad and I, calls Shorewood our home. If we had our way, we would live here forever. And so it is with a heavy heart that I await the moving van today. What makes the leaving bearable is knowing that although we will be leaving Shorewood soon, Shorewood will never leave us. The friends we've made and the experiences we've had will stay in our hearts forever. We are incredibly thankful for our life in Shorewood these past four years, and each of us is richer for it. Thank you, all of our dear friends in Shorewood, for bringing us into the fold of this wonderful community. We love you all, and we will miss you more than you can know.