It has been 11 days since I last posted! I could blame being really busy, but I won't because, except for a few days, things have been pretty relaxed.
The wedding is planned, the dress is here, programs are in progress and the belongings have been moved into an apartment in Texas. The old pick up truck has also been moved. But there's more planning going on besides this.
The boy child will move into his dorm a mere ten days after the wedding (maybe 11 or 12) so we are buying textbooks and deciding what he needs for the dorm. This process is way EASIER with a boy than with a girl. Apparently boys don't care if their linens coordinate or not. I think the shopping trip for him will be less than an hour.
As a teacher we have these designated days prior to the opening of school called "pre-planning." Not that we are planning to plan... it is planning before school, but in reality that never stops. We are constantly examining and re-examining what worked and didn't work.
Since the wedding is right in the middle of pre-planning this year, I have to take a couple of days off from work since we will have company and things to handle. So, I've been doing a lot of my planning work at home. I feel pretty good about two out of my three subjects, but I need to do a good bit more work for the third. I want to be able to hit the ground running on the first day of school and set a good and positive precedent for my students. It would be nice to get to school and only need to make copies and make sure my room was set up and the technology all was functional. (The technology usually is functional, FYI.)
The next 4 weeks will be very busy and exciting and then after that... well, the nest will be empty and it will be back to me and the husband and the dog. We are a little excited about that and also wondering how quiet things are really going to be here. Very, I think.
Our kids are mostly grown and we have done our jobs as parents. My prayer is God will continue to help them as they grow in the gifts He has given them and also help us as we adjust to the changes.
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Sometimes change is goo..... cough cough... good
At our house, there is a lot of change going on. DD is getting married in a mere 25 days. We are moving all her belongings early next week (and those of her fiance) three four states and a time change away in anticipation of that big day. Then the fiance moves into our house until the wedding day.
Ten days after that DS goes to college, and in the middle of ALL that, my work year starts with the beginning of the school year. Change. Sometimes I have to cough out the word gooo.... goooooo.... GOOD but change can be good.
I remember this time eight years ago. We had made the decision to buy a new, more teenager friendly house. We also took an amazing adventure to Alaska. Immediately after coming home, I was notified of an opening at the school and found myself with a full time job for the first time in many years. Lots of change. Oh... did I mentioned we moved the last day BEFORE school started? Lots of change, and it has been GREAT.
So DH and I will be empty-nesters. All the chicks will be gone and it will be us and the dog, and in March we will also have no more teenagers. We are looking forward to travelling and not being bound by kids' schedules. I know it will be different and others have had problems when the kids were out of the house, but we genuinely have always enjoyed each other's company and I don't see that changing ever. :)
So if I disappear for a while, never fear, I'm still around. You can't get rid of me THAT easy.
Ten days after that DS goes to college, and in the middle of ALL that, my work year starts with the beginning of the school year. Change. Sometimes I have to cough out the word gooo.... goooooo.... GOOD but change can be good.
I remember this time eight years ago. We had made the decision to buy a new, more teenager friendly house. We also took an amazing adventure to Alaska. Immediately after coming home, I was notified of an opening at the school and found myself with a full time job for the first time in many years. Lots of change. Oh... did I mentioned we moved the last day BEFORE school started? Lots of change, and it has been GREAT.
So DH and I will be empty-nesters. All the chicks will be gone and it will be us and the dog, and in March we will also have no more teenagers. We are looking forward to travelling and not being bound by kids' schedules. I know it will be different and others have had problems when the kids were out of the house, but we genuinely have always enjoyed each other's company and I don't see that changing ever. :)
So if I disappear for a while, never fear, I'm still around. You can't get rid of me THAT easy.
Thursday, July 2, 2015
Spot
In contrast to Mayberry, another popular show I liked to watch was "The Munsters." Isn't it funny that Marilyn was thought to be the different one? I identified a lot with her but Eddie was smart and logical.
Spot was Eddie's pet dragon he kept under the stairs and fed. Don't many family have their pet monsters we try to keep hidden away? Not all but some families have them and sometimes it is just an individual who has the monster.
I recently got rid of my monster. For it to survive, I was feeding it. My monster's name was Guilt. I fed it with lies, anger and darkness. I starved it with forgiveness. I recently remembered that forgiveness is a choice, like love. It doesn't need a process like grief; I just needed to decide to do it. When I did, my monster started dying. But it wasn't an easy process, you see, it remembered the lies that kept it fed - when I stopped believing the lies, it stopped being fed. I don't think it ran away to come back again; I believe it is dead. A very wise woman once told me, "I don't do guilt." I love that. ME EITHER.
With the help of the Holy Spirit it will remain dead. What's now in it's place? Hope. But not under the stairs - hope doesn't need to be kept in darkness. It thrives on the light and on truth.
Romans 5:1-5 (NKJV) says, "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
Spot was Eddie's pet dragon he kept under the stairs and fed. Don't many family have their pet monsters we try to keep hidden away? Not all but some families have them and sometimes it is just an individual who has the monster.
I recently got rid of my monster. For it to survive, I was feeding it. My monster's name was Guilt. I fed it with lies, anger and darkness. I starved it with forgiveness. I recently remembered that forgiveness is a choice, like love. It doesn't need a process like grief; I just needed to decide to do it. When I did, my monster started dying. But it wasn't an easy process, you see, it remembered the lies that kept it fed - when I stopped believing the lies, it stopped being fed. I don't think it ran away to come back again; I believe it is dead. A very wise woman once told me, "I don't do guilt." I love that. ME EITHER.
With the help of the Holy Spirit it will remain dead. What's now in it's place? Hope. But not under the stairs - hope doesn't need to be kept in darkness. It thrives on the light and on truth.
Romans 5:1-5 (NKJV) says, "Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
Be blessed today.
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