The school I was teaching at in Michigan closed its doors.
I sought to stay in my home state and close to my family core.
The village of Hopkins had an opening.
I don’t coach a sport so it wasn’t happening.
Off to Hopkinsville I moved, 500 miles away is not next door. God chuckled.
I slowly adjusted to my new place and new friends provided glee.
Though to family and Michigan I wanted back to flee.
2 Kentucky teaching jobs later.
I found a new teaching job on the computer.
I moved back to my home state with my so-called future ahead of me.
God chuckled.
There was this guy in Kentucky I liked and we stayed in touch
For him I returned to follow up on a relationship hunch
We did get engaged
But it ended after a 150 days
Later recognizing his abuse was like taking an emotional gut punch.
With me, God wept.
The online job didn’t mind that I lived and stayed in Kentucky
I already had good friends here so I considered myself lucky
A few years later I have a Hoptown house of my own
Handy parents have fixed many things around my home
This place and its people have grown on me and that is the opposite of
unlucky.
God smiles.
