I just realized that I have been off the page here for over two weeks, but there is good reason, I assure you. I went out west to celebrate my birthday and the shower for my soon to arrive grand child, and also to find a place in Southern California to call my new home. A lot to do in five days, but I did it! That is, with God’s amazing help and grace I did it.

It was suggested by a friend while I was out there that I think about starting a new blog for this next phase of my journey. I actually have done just that, calling it StartingOver6point5.com and beginning with a quick recap of just how I got to that title and to this point in life. I feel as though this blog has helped me through one of the most difficult two year periods I could have imagined, and yet because of my faith and my determination to persevere, I have come out on the other side. It seemed as though this journey was starting from a very open and good place and that I wanted to give it a clean start. I haven’t had my sons help on the layout yet, so it is pretty basic, but if you start at the first entry, you will be able to keep up.

I know that many baby boomers and those behind us have felt a bit lost in this present economy. Our retirement plans ran a muck, and many of us are starting new jobs and moving to new places, for many and varied reasons, many having to do with the needs of our families. None of us can know how this next chapter turns out, but I feel we are digging deep, pulling our courage out from under a blanket in the back of our closet, dusting it off and giving it another go.

What I have learned throughout this journey with faith so far is that God definitely wants us to share it all with Him. The good the bad and the ugly, as it were. Our losses and our gains, failures and triumphs.  I am seeing the light at the end of my own long tunnel and I know it is there for everyone of you who have been trudging along with me. He does reward us for our faithfulness and want us to see His abundance in our time here on earth, not just in the hereafter.