A belated happy new year to all. As I begin the new year, I frequently think about how I want this year to be different than last year. Not that I make 'resolutions' but I try to reflect on what my life is like, and - can I say this in public - what is God's plan for me.
I recently recounted the story of how my wife and I came to purchase Dr Huwe's practice here in East Peoria.
Many of you who knew Dr Huwe, know his side. Now you get 'the rest of the story'.
I have been doing relief work since 1989. I started in Milwaukee, WI, 'temporarily' until I found a practice to buy. As I helped out my colleagues, I saw how difficult it was to get some time away for family, and I enjoyed that freedom.
Then we moved to central Illinois in 1993 to be closer to my family in Springfield, and I continued doing the relief work because at that time, there was only one emergency clinic (here in Peoria) and I liked the evenings for my family.
That freedom for my family would fluctuate, but was very good to me until Jan of 2007, when I noticed that to keep my relief book full I was in Chicago or St. Louis and only home on weekends. In March, we realized we had to do something different, and we looked at a practice in Macon county, but the seller never did want to sell, only talk about it- which took 4 months to figure that out. So when the Huwe family contacted me to help them when Dr suddenly died, we thought this might be an option.
Then it all worked out. Interestingly, 5 months after we bought this practice, another practice was for sale in my county, and was sold within 3 months.
Someone recently told me God has 3 answers for our prayers and what he wants us to do:
No
Not yet
I have something better
He has something better in store for us here, and I am very excited to be involved in our community.
