A few things for those who tl;dr:

#1: I’m still Alive!

#2: We live in Michigan now!

#3: I got a little lost, but I’m back on track!

#4: I’m doing #last90days challenge with Rachel and Dave Hollis!

As you can see, a lot has happened in the last few months! In June, I set out on a road trip! I visited a friend on a farm in Ohio, had a girls’ weekend in Indiana, and then came up to Northern Michigan to visit my family. I knew before my trip that my dad had been having problems with his heart and overall heath. But it wasn’t until I stayed with him for a month that I learned the extent of it.

So in that month, I found a place to rent just 3 miles down the road from him and decided to move up to Traverse City, Michigan! I have been visiting TC since I was young because I have a lot of family up here, but never considered living here until then. The more I thought about it, the more I knew it was the right move for me and the dogs. I knew I would never forgive myself if something happened to my dad while I was living a thousand miles away. And plus that, I never really connected to Alabama.

I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason and that Alabama played an important, albeit small, role in our journey.

First, I’m SO grateful that God put Dr. Chen and his surgery team at UAB in my path. Hyperparathyroidism is a horrible disease and since my surgery in January, I’m feeling almost 100% better! I know that we were meant to move to Alabama so that I would be close to this world-renowned surgeon.

Also, I am very confident that Michigan is where we are meant to be now. However, I know that I would have never moved directly from Arizona to Michigan. Alabama played a vital role in that transition. It helped me fall in love with small town living again! The dogs are happier in the county, and turns out I am too! I would have never known that if we hadn’t moved to Alabama.

And now that I’m here in TC, I’m LOVING it!! We have a huge backyard that backs up to countless acres of woods and wilderness. We get to see wildlife in our backyard almost every day and the boys are loving exploring and running around in the cool weather!

As for #3: With all of the stress and drama with moving and also a BUNCH of drama with my car, I fell off track. I was drinking and eating too much and I gained about 20 lbs back. But you know what, that’s life. Things like that happen, and it doesn’t mean that I failed, is just means that I’m human.

And what really matters is not how many times I fall, but how many times I pick myself up after I fall.

So I’m here. I’m back. I’m back to being active daily and I’m trying to be the best possible version of myself every.single.day.

And for those of you who haven’t heard of it – look up the #last90days challenge with the Hollis family. Basically it’s just committing to live the last 90 days of the year like you live the first 3 months of a new year – with determination and resolutions! I’m really loving it and it’s really helping me get back on track and make the most out of each day.

I can’t promise I’ll be better at posting, but I’m promising right now that I’m going to try! Thanks for reading. I’ll see you soon!