Harbuck Adventure, as my husband has been calling it. A couple of months ago, after running errands, I looked to Dan and said, "I am ready to be closer to family." He responded with, "I was wondering how I was going to tell you." It has come. We both have felt God calling us back to Texas to be closer to family, his family more specifically. We have informed our directer and the camp, and will not stay past the summer here in Cali. For a couple of years, we have both felt a restlessness, and haven't really known the next direction for our family, but we both have a peace about this next step.
We are currently looking for a job in Lufkin, Texas, which is near where I went to college. We are praying the Lord will guide our path and provide what we need. We don't know what we are going to do, or where we are going to live, we just know we need to get back to that area.
To even think about leaving cali brings water to my eyes. This is my home now, and has been for a very big part of my life. It is the longest I have ever stayed in one place, that I remember. The people here have become so much a part of who I am, and have been my family. And do I even need to mention the area!!! I lived in North Cali with its beautiful trees and amazing rocky coasts, and then came to so cal with its beaches and mountains. Just breath taking! I know, Texas has its pretty places too, but been there, done that!
So the new adventure begins. It will be an adventure, and I know there are some amazing people waiting for us in Texas and I can't wait to begin a new relationship with them.
PS if you know of any job openings, please give us a holla!
Friday, February 18, 2011
La Lechuza!
So this one goes out to all of my cousins, who scared me half to death when I was younger. So I bought Elle this Dora the Explorer book the other day. It's cute. Dora goes around to all of the animals and wishes them goodnight. Well, at the very end of the book, she says Buenas Noches, Lechuza. Perched on this tree, ever so cutely is an owl. She says good night to the owl, and then she dozes off to sleep. This is not how it happened at my Grandmas house.
So I was like in junior high, and we would go and visit my grandmother who lived in a very small town in Texas. For those of you who don't know, small towns are built on rumors of scary supernatural stories. These stories are meant to haunt you to your very core. Or at least give you the creeps. For many, like my brother, it did not phase them, they live for the thrill. For me on the other hand, walking through the House of Horrors at Universal studios clutching my husbands arm with my eyes shut for 15 minutes, it gives me nightmares. My grandmas house is on one side of the half paved road, and my Aunt Velma's house is on the other side. Most of us kids, would switch back and forth going from one house to the other. One night someone decided it would be great to tell scary stories, so instead of being the scaredy-cat and leaving, I listened intently.
The story was about this half human half bird called La Lechuza. He sat up in the trees and preyed on people walking by. You were safe as long as you didn't tempt him and say his name three times...sound familiar. I would run so fast from grandmas to Aunt Velma's, it was ridiculous. Of course I didn't believe them...;)but I was not about to tempt him and see who was telling the truth.
Now when I was younger, I didn't know what Lechuza meant, it was just a word for a scary creature. After reading the book for the first time, I actually laughed when I realized it was just an owl. For those of you who don't know, I do not choose to watch a scary movie even if it implies scary or ghostly things. I can't read anything scary. If I do, I will have nightmares for weeks sometimes. Just FYI!
So I was like in junior high, and we would go and visit my grandmother who lived in a very small town in Texas. For those of you who don't know, small towns are built on rumors of scary supernatural stories. These stories are meant to haunt you to your very core. Or at least give you the creeps. For many, like my brother, it did not phase them, they live for the thrill. For me on the other hand, walking through the House of Horrors at Universal studios clutching my husbands arm with my eyes shut for 15 minutes, it gives me nightmares. My grandmas house is on one side of the half paved road, and my Aunt Velma's house is on the other side. Most of us kids, would switch back and forth going from one house to the other. One night someone decided it would be great to tell scary stories, so instead of being the scaredy-cat and leaving, I listened intently.
The story was about this half human half bird called La Lechuza. He sat up in the trees and preyed on people walking by. You were safe as long as you didn't tempt him and say his name three times...sound familiar. I would run so fast from grandmas to Aunt Velma's, it was ridiculous. Of course I didn't believe them...;)but I was not about to tempt him and see who was telling the truth.
Now when I was younger, I didn't know what Lechuza meant, it was just a word for a scary creature. After reading the book for the first time, I actually laughed when I realized it was just an owl. For those of you who don't know, I do not choose to watch a scary movie even if it implies scary or ghostly things. I can't read anything scary. If I do, I will have nightmares for weeks sometimes. Just FYI!
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