i've been everywhere man...

... well, not quite, but we have lived in almost every state in the southeastern U.S., and Georgia is next.

Laura, my beautiful and extremely talented wife, has accepted the assistant news director position at WTOC-TV in Savannah, and we couldn't be more stoked.  since leaving print for t.v. in 2007, she has climbed the news ladder quickly, but each promotion has been well-deserved.  she's pressed in to excelling at producing news.  and thankfully, her superiors have taken notice, and invested time and money into her growth as a leader in the newsroom.  it has not been in vain.  the decision to make this transition was an easy one, and she can only grow more through the duration of this position preparing her for whatever's next, because as we've learned, we don't know what's next.  (see all previous posts.)

i'm looking to get back into audio production, etc., and Savannah holds plenty of opportunity for me in that field.  as much as i love editing, the newsroom has never been good atmosphere for me.  ironically, it's where i've spent 5 of my 7 years post-college.  all is can say regarding that is i survived.  i'll edit video again if need be, but for my health, i'm retiring from the news.  i'll edit audio for sure, especially if it means returning to the studio.  and f.y.i., my dream of building and operating a legit recording studio is not dead, so if you know where i can find a half a million dollars or so, please let me know.

and to close another "we're moving" post, heading back to the coast may be the best news of all.  with Laura from Jacksonville, FL, and myself having grown up near the grand ole OBX of NC, we can say without hesitation that being land-locked for nearly three years has made us feel a bit misplaced.  we'll also be closer to our families and many close friends.  yes, we'll miss some folks in AL, as we still miss folks everywhere we've lived, but it's just a part of relocation.  let's all appreciate modern transportation.

perhaps i'll write again soon.  hopefully, for at least the next two years, it won't be to say that we're moving... but that's not something i can guarantee :)

much love - d.

the news...

more news... another update if you will... but it's not time to share it... and it's not a baby.  now you don't have to ask... if it's a baby.

love - d.

"funny the way it is..."

thanks dave matthews and crew for writing that song!
{pre-thoughts:  from my understanding, there can't be truth without honesty... hence why dishonesty is unsettling, (at least for anyone with even an ounce of morality), because the truth ultimately makes us whole, even if it initially wounds.}

in Ecclesiastes 2, Solomon touches on the futility of work.  i'll just be straight and say i hate work too.  specifically, the work i don't love.  and the old adage - "do what you love and you'll never work another day in your life" - remains true.  [God please let me do something i love, for you, for pay, soon.  in Jesus' name amen!]

but "our days of labor are filled with pain and grief".  been there?  there now?  Solomon goes on later to say we must find satisfaction in our work.  a bit hard to do, in work we have no passion for.  (repeat previous prayer)  in Colossians 3 we find that in whatever we do we should be a rep of Christ.  it makes me wonder if Jesus ever had a fit with a crooked table, or did he make everything perfect the first time?... did he ever take his dad's name in vain when he hit his thumb with a hammer, or did he never miss the nail?... God, yet man... crazy.  but we are only human... we screw it up, we smash our thumb, we scream (or sometimes quietly shout) expletives.  and all for what?

we "should eat, drink, and enjoy the fruits of our labor, for these are gifts from God."  the greatest comfort is in the truth that He "makes everything beautiful in its own time."  and thank Him for it... because i can't do what i'm doing now forever, and what we're made for lasts forever.

"there's a darkness upon me that's flooded in light - in the fine print they tell me what's wrong and what's right - and it comes in black and it comes in white and i'm frightened by those who don't see it - where nothing is owed, deserved, or expected - and your life doesn't change by the man that's elected - if you're loved by someone you're never rejected, decide what to be and go be it -- there was a dream, then one day i could see it, like a bird in a cage i broke in and demanded that somebody free it - there was a kid, with a head full of doubt, so i'll scream 'til i die or the last of those bad thoughts are finally out" - the avett brothers.

amen.