June 22, 2016
The Desire To Nest


Dr. Laura:

When I got married 23 years ago, I had the dreams that most women have.  I called it the "desire to nest."  I wanted the little house with a picket fence and to live in the same neighborhood all my days, raising my children, having them put roots down, living close to my parents so they would always have Grandma and Granddaddy around.

But I married a gospel minister, and I soon realized that ministers move around.  Churches aren't like businesses, and working in them means you go where God leads you.  I really struggled with this.  I've had to grow a lot, and now at age 47, I still have never owned my own home.  We live in homes provided by the churches, and I've come to realize that it's not the house or the dirt it sits on that makes the home.  It's the people in it.  Wherever my husband and children are, that's HOME.

Caryn



Posted by Staff at 10:59 AM