Changes

The boys are growing up so fast! My "baby" is starting Jr. High next week. Somedays I miss the babies that I held in my arms, but I LOVE the men they are becoming! It can seem like a strange and unsettling mix of emotions.

The seasons are turning again, too. The long, lazy days of summer are giving way to the crisp, cool days of fall. We are getting ready to go back to school again. Me to teach, and my Little Britches to learn. (My Firstling is graduated, so he just laughs at our preparations)

My Great Grandmother used to look in the mirror and tell me that sometimes she was surprised by the old woman looking back at her. This was quite an alarming concept to a five-year-old girl. I was almost afraid that my dear Mimi was "losing it". Now I understand; the girl on the other-side of my mirror has aged quite a bit! Although she has developed a very striking white streak in her right temple.

Everything changes. I will not fear the changing. I will learn to embrace it as a lovely chance to try something just a little bit different....for a change.