I haven’t updated in so long it is embarrassing.But the important thing is…What are the Morgans doing in San Antonio and how did we get here?
I won’t go thru the hairy details here, because then this update would be about 70 pages long. But if you are okay with the Readers Digest condensed version, please continue…
It started off with putting the business up for sale, which I couldn’t tell anyone. Then, in April, the business sold. This was after I had more than 25 inquiries and four offers, one of whom we chose. Couldn’t have imagined a) the business would actually sell and b) we would find such great buyers.
Concurrently we found we needed to move. The most compelling reason for the move was that Mike’s primary physician found that he had a dangerously low level of Vitamin D. Lack of vitamin D can lead to all manner of problems, including multiple sclerosis, osteoporosis, heart disease, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, certain cancers, depression, chronic fatigue or chronic pain.
His doctor gave him prescription-strength Vitamin D for a month, which did not move the level up to the normal range. They tried again and failed and said he likely couldn’t absorb vitamin D thru his digestive system. It was suggested that we move.
Mike has not felt particularly well since about two years after he moved to Washington. He’s had procedures on his back, knee surgery, anti-depressant medication, test after test, etc….we decided to take the advice to move.
The good news is, Mike is doing better physically since our move to San Antonio. He is not up to the same level physically as when we met, but it is improving. He has had his blood drawn twice, and is now at normal levels of Vitamin D.
People ask, “Why San Antonio?” We could have moved to Phoenix, or Denver or any number of other places that have lots of sun. We picked San Antonio because of what we knew of Deaf services in Texas (Deaf people go to college free here, imagine!) a more reasonable cost of living and because of sweet tea!
I know the reasons don’t seem to add up to much, but we needed to move. We felt that the Lord wanted us here, although sometimes we are still not sure exactly why it was here as opposed to somewhere else in Texas. We prayed about it and rented our house to some friends from church for a year. In May, we took a 5-day house hunting trip down here, and put offers on three houses, one of which was accepted and went thru.
We bought a house because I didn’t want to live in an apartment with the kids even for six months or a year. We researched things on the internet, and thought that we might do well in the northeast part of town. We bought a foreclosure at the bottom of the market, and knew that we could make anything work for a year. Because of the price, if we completely hated it, we could sell it after a year and not lose anything (even with the market the way it is!) Truly, the house that ended up as ours is a gift from God, something that we could not have found or gotten in our own strength…we are truly thankful for it.
We planned to have me work about three days a week and then have Mike work the other time but found upon moving that it would be better if I were available most of the time for awhile at least. We decided that since he was feeling better, he would take on being “Mr. Mom” again, although it really isn’t that, it’s just that he is the dad, smile.
So far, the brightest news by far of the move is our new church. We visited churches for the first three weeks we were here, and I felt pretty uncomfortable because of not having a church family. We now attend New Life Deaf Fellowship, and if you want to know about it, we have a website at www.deafchurchSA.com
Mike is enjoying the Southern hospitality again, and I can truly say that I haven’t had a single bad experience with team interpreters. People here are warm, friendly and it is exciting to see the number of Christian interpreters.
Gavin and Jude go to a “Mothers Day Out” program here on Mondays and Fridays from 9am-2pm. It is like a combination of VBS and pre-school. They had an “Alphabet, Shapes and Colors” parade on Halloween, and you can see Gavin and Jude’s costumes below.
Below are some random pictures, to give you an idea of our new life. I’ll try to keep up again with the blog. We miss our friends much. Gavin is "tough."
We adopted a dog from the Animal Defense League on October 31st. I asked Gavin what he wanted to name her, and he immediately replied, "Sasha." She was four months old when we got her and we are glad to have her in the family.
Toby is also tough! In almost every picture lately, he has bruises from where he has fallen. He falls, laughs and gets up again.
Gavin loves climbing the small tree in the backyard; mommy doesn't love it as much as he does, to be sure.
Mike took this in the car...he looks how we feel most of the time chasing after him!
Jude is tough as well. He is wearing Ben Schniedewind's hat that Ben let him wear while he and Robert were here visiting. Robert came down to see Ben at the air force base. It was nice to see them both.
