What's the craziest thing a small town Oklahoma girl can do? How about pack up her family and move to Sigonella, Sicily?
My name is Genipher, and this is my life. I'm from a small town in the frontier country of Oklahoma. I was born and raised in Choctaw, Oklahoma. I've lived within a 10 mile radius my whole life. I've never been more than 15 minutes away from at least someone in my family. In 5 months this will all change.
I have been married for almost 10 years. 9 years, 10 months and 10 days to be exact. My husband is a Chief in the United States Navy. He's been active duty for 14 years and been stationed at Tinker Air Force Base, in the heart of Oklahoma, his entire career. We have two beautiful blondes. Mattilyn is 8 and Christen is 4. One dog, Pete (or his full name, Peter Peter Punkin Eater Had A Wife And Couldn't Keep Her).
After a long hard process, we chose to relocate our family to China Lake, CA. This is the middle of the Mohave Desert. It was a long 4 month process of trying to figure out where to go and unfortunately China Lake was our best bet.Two days ago we received a phone call that offered us Sigonella, Sicily. And within 14 hours our fate was decided.
What is the purpose of this new blog? Well, since the farthest I've ever traveled is Anchorage, Alaska and it was for only 2 weeks, and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on our honeymoon for a week, I'm not sure how to process what's fixing to happen to my life. I'm moving half way across the world. My truck is a Ford F350, Super Duty, Turbo Diesel. It has a 4 inch lift on it. From what I understand my truck is the size of their roads. My life is fixing to change in a very drastic way. I'm going to open my mind as wide as I can and embrace what God is giving me. I'm going to take Europe by storm. I'm going to stay true to my redneck ways but stay open to new ideas. I'll be sharing my story with you for the next 3 years. I'm going to let you in on the hardships of moving, the new life I'll be living and the experiences my family will get.
Prayers during this venture will be extremely appreciated.
Fino alla prossima volta!! (Gotta love Google Translate!)
Awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see your pictures. What kind of "nice" camera do you mean? Do you have a dslr? I can't wait to see what you can do with it. :) How long exactly was your flight? I remember our flight to Japan in 2005 was 14 hours long. Will you stay on base permanently or will you move to another house at some point? I'm glad you are making such wonderful friends and just know that when you leave, they will probably be lifetime friends. The food sounds incredible and it saddens me that you are allergic to tomatoes... but it kind of makes me happy that you eat them anyway. Because tomatoes are delicious. Haha. I can't wait to read about the rest of your adventure. Consider your blog followed. ;) Love, Amanda.
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