Howdy Thedford Residents! It's hard to believe that I am sitting here in Burwell and the view outside my picture window has changed. With tears in my eyes, I sit and write to you the final view from my picture window...
Our view as we look outside our picture window now faces to the east and it is an ever busy one. Both Jacob and Caleb had school on their first day and Isaac and I spun circles around the many, many boxes that accumulated during this move. By noon on Monday, we were both ready to flee the scene and find a much more organized area to locate to! Unfortunately, we only relocated to the preschool to pick up Caleb and return to the uncharted territory of boxes!
The past weekend in itself also held my view in many different areas. This was a weekend to take many pictures and say "See you later" to the many friends and family there in Thedford. To be open and honest with you, when the Busch Family moved to Thedford 3 1/2 years ago, I never dreamed that I would grow to love this little community as much as I did and still do. The night I arrived in Thedford, it was cold, my cat ran away never to be seen again, and I was sure that Thedford was not the place I wanted to live. But, as little communities often do, Thedford grew on me. I in turn, fell in love with the quiet streets, knowing everybody's dog (or cows) by name (or brand), and the closeness of having our family just down the street.
Two years ago I took helm of the Thomas County Herald. I remember very clearly my first assignment was to take a picture of the tree being cut down in the yard of the courthouse. I remember thinking to myself, well, this is easy. I can handle this! As the time went on, stories changed, things were added, and the View From My Picture Window became my way of sharing the weeks happenings in our family. The Herald brought out that I wasn't only Pastor Busch's sister in law, but I was Jen Busch--Editor of the Thomas County Herald!
There are several people whom I could have never done this job effectively without, one of which is Marissa Sawyer, the most fantastic teenage sports editor and photographer this editor could have ever asked for. I would also like to specially thank Terri Licking for covering stories and events that I was unable to attend. Thank you to the schools for allowing me to take time away from your classes and practices to cover the students and staff ofThedford Public Schools as well as all of you who contributed your time and stories. To the many who stopped by the house to say "Farewell" this last week, those of you who called, and those that came to our "Farewell reception" on Sunday...THANK YOU! Your patronage has meant so much to me! You, Thedford are truly what makes this paper happen! I think that Jacob, my son says it best that the reason for why we were moving is "I can say the town better."(Note: The true reason is that Dave has accepted the associate pastor atthe Assembly of God Church here in Burwell.)
For those of you who have been living vicariously through my Busch Boys and would like to continue doing so, you can continue reading The View From MyPicture Window at http://www.theviewfrommypicturewindow.blogspot.com/ or send me an email at buschdj@gmail.com to receive the weekly View From My Picture Window. From my new picture window in Burwell, Nebraska to yours, please keep in touch and have a great week Thedford!
