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A New Season

We have officially entered a new season in the calendar year...hello Fall!... which seems fitting because I feel like the same is true for me personally....hello life with 3 teenage boys! (well, at least as of October 21st).  A new college student, a new driver, and one in the midst of all the changes that growing up brings...not to mention all the changes being a 45 year old woman brings....yikes.  New seasons come with excitement and anticipation, but also a bit of uncertainty and questions.  And if I'm being completely honest, the older I get the harder it is to jump into new seasons, without feeling the brunt of the bittersweet that comes with it.  But God is so good.  And I'm so thankful that He shows me so much mercy and grace, every. single. day.  That even on those days when I find myself longing for time to slow down, wishing I could just stay in the comfy place of a previous season of life, He sends reminders that there are so many blessings ahead...
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Summer

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To say the last month and a half has felt like a whirlwind would be an understatement....to say I've been on an emotional roller coaster would be putting it lightly...but to say I have never felt more loved, grateful, and content with this stage God has me in right now, would be completely true and accurate.   We ended the month of May with the conclusion of an amazing baseball career for this guy... and the end of another JV season for this guy....who might I add, received the award for not only defensive player of the year, but also the highest GPA on the team. That led us right into graduation week....cue the emotional roller coaster. I'm not sure when I have ever felt so proud, so weepy, so happy, and so sentimental all at the same time.  It was something to behold. Ha! It was a week full of so much pride for the young man our boy has grown into....so much gratitude for our family and friends who came to celebrate with us...and so much anticipation of what is to come ...
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Buckeye

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 As a stay at home mom and manager of the household, there are many rhythms that fill my days.  The rhythm of waking with the sun in the quiet of the morning...of washing and drying dishes...of washing and folding clothes....of messes that are made and then cleaned up...of food bought, prepared and served....of schedules coordinated and organized so that everyone gets where they need to be...of caring for the needs of our pets...a rhythm that looks and feels a little different these days.  Last week we had to say goodbye to our Buckeye boy.  It was time, and we all knew it.  He had developed cancerous tumors inside and outside his legs and we could tell he was struggling.  Shew, I wasn't prepared for how it would hit me.  This was a dog that as a puppy, almost drove me to insanity.  From the day we brought him home he wasted no time destroying everything in his path.  Clothes, chewed up.  Walls, gnawed on.  Irrigation hoses, chewed ...
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