Once a 'Reluctant Curate's wife', I am now a Rookie Rector's wife. The Rector and I are embarking on our new adventure in the beautiful county of Dorset. There will be much to learn, much to explore and much to laugh about as we settle into the new parish.
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Showing posts with label life in the rectory. Show all posts
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
It's Time!
I'm staring at the blank screen wondering what to write...is it too soon to return to my ramblings about adapting to life in the rectory? I have missed the comradery of Bloggers but I needed to focus on settling. I have woken this morning with the urge to write again - so much is changed, so much is changing. The Church of England seems to be changing. Our valley churches are changing. I am changing. Does this mean I am shaping up into a Rector's wife? I don't think so - I still feel like a square peg in a round hole but I need to write to remind myself of how far the Rector@6 and I have come since arriving in the valley for The Interview three years ago. I need to record the changes that have happened so that it might give myself (and others) hope. There have been some difficult times and the Rector@6 has even applied for a couple of jobs and he has got as far as being interviewed for one. We both knew it was too soon (was it the thought of escaping ....running away?). We both knew it was not right for us (the Rector@6 had even said that he would not accept the job at the interview - if offered - which it wasn't!). I'd like to say that we don't wake up on a Friday morning and turn on our iPad search the vacancy list in the Church Times ....but that wouldn't be true. This weekly scanning of the vacancy pages helps to remind us how fortunate we really are!
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Anglican,
Church of England,
Church Times,
clergy wife,
life in the rectory,
rector's wife,
returning,
rural life
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