Mooreover / Blog

Hey Jess - After how ever many years I have finally come to check out your web site. I have to say that I am impressed, and only wish I had the know how to figure out how to make one. Sadly that is certainly not the case if it took me 3 plus years to just to get to yours. It will take until I am 40 to get that accomplished which is 10 years and one day from today. So how is 30? You beat me there by a few weeks.

Building a web site isn’t so hard, but maintaining it is. It’s a struggle to juggle parenting, work, recreation and what amounts to an online newsletter every week, so things are usually done in that order, which means that the blog comes last. Over the past few years it’s been fun to get unexpected emails (like yours) from people that come across the site. Turning 30 really isn’t so bad – I have a wife, a kid, and a house – all things I had hoped to accomplish by this age. I didn’t however write a book, which is something that God seems to be hitting me across the face with. Not so much that I didn’t do it in the time allotted, but that I haven’t done it all. Now everyone and their grandmother has a blog, and they all manage to not only write often, but they do so with dexterity - a feat that seems to elude me.

I suppose I should give you a little update, as it is getting close to 2 years since I talked to you last. We moved back to MT in July 2005 - it has been a good move for us, and for me, as I found with my other job I was being forced to spend too much time worrying about the bottom dollar and not enough time working with the patients. I didn’t go in to my field to worry about money, I went into it to help people. After 6 months of living with my parents while looking for a home to buy, we bought theirs, and they moved to Sudlow street.

I admire your decision to move back to Miles City. My wife is campaigning pretty heavily for a move back to Montana, and as much as I would like to live in Miles City, I don’t think that I’m cut out to work for WalMart or the government, which limits my options pretty severely. I know a little too well what you mean about chasing the dollar though. Seattle isn’t exactly the cheapest place to live, so while we made more money this year than any year previous, I still have to stress to make sure that I have enough activity to pay the thousands of dollars in bills every month - and frankly, stressing is getting old. I know that making a living wage and stress is a natural part of life no matter where you live, but there is a certain allure to moving to a place like Miles City where the cost of living is so much lower and the pace of life is so much slower.

Your daughter is beautiful, and I am sure brings joy to your life everyday. I hope that all is well, and if you have a moment I would sure like to hear how your life has been over that past few years. With all my hopes and prayers for your continued sense of contentment and peace.

Selah is beautiful, and grows more so every day. I’ve been sick the last three days, which means that I haven’t been able to hold her or play with her for the duration. It’s some consolation to say her name from across the room and watch her search me out and reward me with a smile.

I’m sorry - I’m still not feeling well, and this is all I can muster right now. Thank you so much for your letter, and for your prayers. God bless.