Changes

My life is changing hard and fast this year.  I am not good with change.  I am very sentimental.  I like to hold on to memories.  I look backwards way more than I look forwards.

Change 1:  My kids are big.  My two oldest look like adults.  Gavin is starting High School, like real High School as a Sophomore.  He is also starting to drive a car and have girls follow him around.  Brynn is going to be a Freshman.  She is still in Jr. High, but is technically a Freshman.  Alec just finished Elementary School.  I have no more kids in Elementary school.  Kids grow so fast in middle school.  My baby is on the edge of becoming a big kid.  Soon I will be a mom of all big kids.  The other day I drove past a park, and I remembered the days when I knew and frequented all of the parks in our area.  I don't remember the last time I took my kids to a park to entertain them.  That part of my life is over.

Change 2:  We have recently sold our home of 15 years and we are going to build a new house.  We are excited to build a house exactly how we want it.  It is still hard to leave the place you have lived for 15 years.  All of my babies grew up here.  This house holds a lot of memories.

Change 3:  My job keeps changing on a dime.  I hoping to be teaching soon, but everything is up in the air.  I also quit my on-line WGU job I had for 11 years.  I have more free time this summer, and it is very different.

Change is good, even if I dig in my heels kicking and screaming the whole way.