Unemployed

Today was my last day as an employee of GGBTS RMC. I am now unemployed. After 5 years my co-workers have become my second family and my job has been one of the only consistent elements in my life. In the last 5 years I have watched 2 of my sons graduate college and 1 graduate High School. Of my 3 sons my 2 youngest moved to LA to pursue acting careers and my oldest got married and started a video production company (with the help of his father-in-law). My husband left his corporate job of 20 years to go to nursing school. My husband and I sold our house of 9 years in the suburbs and moved to Capitol Hill. We traded a quiet neighborhood, where the occasional barking of a dog would send some neighbors into fits of rage over their shattered silence, for a quiet neighborhood where homeless folks occasionally asked for handouts, over indulgent partiers relieved themselves in the front yard and gay men shared stories on the local coffee-shop patio. While shopping in suburban King Soopers I overheard conversations about little Johnny hitting a home-run in T-ball. Shopping in the Capitol Hill King Soopers I heard conversations about Johnny dating Bruce. People in the city are edgier, but real. People seem to be more preoccupied with the day to day living and/or surviving and less obsessed with "the small stuff." So all this to say, my life has been ever changing, all except my place of employment. Until today.

I'm glad for my past 5 years at Golden Gate and the people I have worked side by side with. I'm also glad for this new adventure. When we first considered moving Downtown I thought I would despise living in the city and now I'm so sad to be leaving it. Living in the city has taught me so much and so too I believe this next adventure into the unknown will also teach me a lot. As I leave Denver for a small island off the coast of Alaska with a population of 8000, I am so excited for what's in store.

When God calls you out of your comfortable life, He's got better stuff in store for you. So here's a big thank you to all my co-workers and partners in ministry. I will miss you all, but as a friend once said, "If I don't see you in this life, I'll see you in glory." I just hope that between now and then I will get a job.