...and some change

I was just looking at my calendar and there is just two weeks and some change until this little guy hits that big milestone.

Graduation.

Some mamas are feeling a bit sad and I suppose I can say the same, however mostly I'm excited. So excited. When the boy was in elementary school one kind teacher, who saw me struggling each day to leave this guy, kindly said to me, "We raise them to be awesome people and we raise them to leave us." I have carried these words around with me ever since. (By the way, I've done what she said...He is an awesome person. One of the most awesome people I know!)

I suppose I am lucky. My boy isn't "leaving" me. He'll be staying home, for awhile at least, attending the local community college and remaining a fixture in our home. So, yeah, it's easier than knowing he'd leave.

I am so excited though. For the next part of the journey. New chapters yet to be written. Not just for Archer but for all of us. So, when I was thinking "two weeks and some change," I really meant some change. I feel like maybe I should decide what I want to be when I grow up! Loving it! LET'S GO! 

I love life in the Puget Sound.

 

there really isn't a way of getting around the "new year looking forward, looking back" thing that seems to inhabit individuals at this time of year. 

of course I get caught up in it too.

it's not a huge farewell and a glorious hello.

more like a gentle turning of a page.

I've spent the last week in quiet reflection and will probably spend the next week about the same. 

writing. planning. reviewing. dreaming. 

2012 was good. of course I am generally a glass-half-full kind of girl. there were some hard times but in general I can say I'm glad 2012 happened.

and...I'm looking forward to 2013.

 with the help of 

Susannah Conway, I've begun Unravelling the Year Ahead

and Carolyn Rubenstein, I've thrown a little Reverb Remix 2012 in...

it's felt pretty good to be a little more focused on the reflection of the past, the living in the right now, and the looking forward to what may come. 

welcome 2013

Change...

This year has been a year of change for me. My boy, that little bundle of sweetness, has turned into a young man. We're looking at 16 soon, he's been driving with a permit for nine months, he spends more time with his friends and less time with his mama...all the stuff that should be happening. It's exciting and new. It's scary and unknown. As he nears the end of his sophomore year I see the end in sight. While I know I will always be his mama I also know as he spreads his wings and flies further and further from the nest that one day he will fly away. I am so happy and excited as I see him growing and developing into a terrific young man and as he changes I have to as well.

(my light. my joy)

I am excited for our futures. As a family we are stable. We are rocks and comforters for one another. I always say "we are three." Forever we will be; however our three will look different very soon. 

So, this is my place to grow and change and learn and be.