SYNCHRONICITY

"Sometimes in the winds of change we find our true direction."

Since my return from Iraq, life has been changing a lot, and all for the better! I have never felt more content in all aspects of life. My family noticed it. I am aware of it. I am inspired and grateful almost all the time. I'm proud of my military service and think about it fondly. And yet I cherish my solitude and have been really enjoying the challenge of being a parent, building my writing company, and improving my craft.

After two full years, 1st and 2nd grade, and countless new memories, I was actually getting used to this single parent thing. I'd dated a little, but not much. I just moved to a new city this summer and have been a happy, adventurous single Dad.

Enter gorgeous, intelligent, single-parent, hilarious, thoughtful woman - stage right...

At times my path has been a lonely one, but I know that there's a reason for every new branch and obstacle. Suddenly, my path has crossed with another and it feels so natural I can't believe it. I smile when I start to realize that our paths have been running parallel to each other, even coming very close to crossing, for years.

Sometimes out of the vast silent landscapes of this planet, out of 7 billion souls, someone finds you. 

I just met her and yet every time we're together, I miss her before she's gone. I feel like I've known her forever, and her light has become so intense to me that it stands out in stark contrast to the consetellation of images I see in the world each day.

I don't know for sure where it will all lead, but I am truly enjoying the journey, the inevitablility of it all.

I've seen synchronicity unfold in my life countless times. I've noticed more and more in the two years since I've been home from Iraq, but never more than this summer. 

The kids are about to start Kindergarten and 3rd grade in a positive, stable, secure emotional mode. This week I landed two long-term, lucrative freelancing gigs that will give me more financial stability and let me continue working from home, and strive towards my more creative endeavors.

And if all that wasn't enough, hear this: after years of living sort of isolated, without the luxury of having close family nearby, this summer has ushered in a new day. In the last 3 months, the kids and I, my Dad, my sister and brother-in-law, and my brother and his family have all moved to St. George, Utah.

For this veteran, it seems as if life can't get much sweeter. I look back at the last four years and I am so grateful for the present. I ponder all the events in my life that seem to happen at precisely the right moment, even though I wasn't aware that the moment had arrived, and I am inspired.

I'm sorry if this post is obnoxiously positive and overflowing with joy. But if it is, then it's also a perfect reflection of my life these days...

As always, thanks for reading and your continued support -

"To the world you might be one person. But to that one person you might be the world."

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