Cruff Family Chronicles

Today was the last MOPS meeting before our summer break. I got to thinking yesterday about what it's meant to me and wanted to share. The theme this year was: Be You, Bravely. Last summer, I moved away from where I grew up, left my friends in sunny Arizona to move to Michigan. If that's not brave, what the heck is?! The summer was crazy with the move, living with my in-laws, adjusting to them being gone, Adam not having a job and getting close to running out of money, not knowing if I would find work. It was all very daunting. Moving to a new state without jobs lined up is pretty ballsy! We live in my in-laws house while they are changing lives teaching in rural Alaska, so the housing situation was at least taken care of. This is where God lead us. I am certain of it. Adam applied for a parts manager job after applying at a few places and nothing really panning out. The job description didn't say where only that it was local and for parts. Adam sent his resume in and ...

I want to be Present... Now, this is not meant to be a "woe is me" post or a "social media is a life ruiner" post. I'm just going to talk about me and my circumstances. I'm going to try to reduce my online presence. Nothing happened, no one made me upset, I'm not fighting with my husband or any of the other reasons why people "quit" FB. So last night as I was praying, in bed, way past my bedtime, I got to thinking about how I've been letting my phone be a distraction to me and in the quality time I spend with my loved ones. I want to deactivate FB but since it's such a vital part of MOPS, church and far away family, I know it's just not gonna happen. What I did do, is delete the apps off my phone and blocked the mobile site because I've deleted FB before and then just gone to the mobile site, less often but still defeating the purpose. I just have it to where only certain websites are allowed so along with FB, is MSN and Y...