The Monday after Christmas I received a call from my boss to notify me that, after 18 years of service in the Texas Legislature, he was not going to file for re-election. That day and the next were spent in a whirlwind of events preparing a news conference and fielding phone calls from the press and friends who were hearing the news for the first time.
Though the news was unexpected, it was not a surprise. The job of state representative pays $600 a month and requires extended time away from family with constant scrutiny and criticism from the press. The only surprise is that anyone can be as faithful to the job as some of our elected officials are.
The announcement means that the staffers in our office have one year to discern where we will be after December 2010.
A new position will be a major change for me. I have worked in the Capitol for the past 18 years, in Rep. Corte's office since 2000. But, as significant as the change may be, my eye is not on that milestone, but on what happens in the meantime. Life is marked by milestones, but lived in the meantime.
Join me this year as you enjoy your own "mean time."
... forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies aheas, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus Philippians 3:13-14
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