Well, as usual it has bee ages since I updated my blog. In this instance it was partially because I was too busy to do so!

Well, last week was a bit rough. Things with my church choir have bee rough for quite some time now. We'd been shrinking the last couple of years. Then last summer our accompanist retired and the board decided not to look for another one. Which meant that everything we did had to either be a capella or use cds for accompaniment--which for the Christmas cantata we usually did anyway (as our accompanist couldn't play for such long periods of time due to shoulder problems.)

I had decided in July that we'd go ahead and give it a try and re-evaluate after the Christmas cantata. Well, the cantata got postponed due to snow and then my being out of town for Christmas. Then last Sunday two of my choir members told me that they were leaving the choir. This wasn't really unexpected--at least by me. But it did rather leave us in a predicament and needing to make a decision quickly. I spoke with all the remaining choir members (all 6 of them) and did a lot of praying, thinking, and crying. I finally decided to resign.

It was a hard decision that was a long time in coming. I probably put it off too long, but...
It was hard because I've enjoyed doing it. I've been there nearly 6 years now--6 in February. I've become friends with them. So it was hard, and it hurt.

However, once I made the decision I felt much more at peace with the situation than I have in a long time.

Now there will likely be a few weeks of some awkwardness and then... Who knows? A new chapter... Maybe, after a break, a new position? Maybe not. I don't know yet, and Jared and I haven't made any decisions in that respect yet. So more prayer and thinking will be forthcoming.