Breathe

There hasn't been much time or reason lately to put pen to paper or whatever computer equivalent that might be. It's been hectic to say the least. There are changes all around and most of them are so very good. Things are going really well in our house. It's not always smooth sailing in a multigenerational home, but lately it's been really good for us. We've been smart enough and lucky enough to take the time to spend on ourselves. Volunteering ended up filling up a lot of our time. It's a good way to dig your feet into a new community. And I love the feeling of community. There are so many good people here. There are so many things I could have easily overlooked had I not been immersed in it.

Even FaceBook has been a positive change for me. I have reconnected with people that I otherwise wouldn't have. And the funniest thing to me is how important some of them have become to me. People who weren't the center of my adolescent world , have become very important to my adult life. We all grow up I guess. Everything changes and so does every person. It's so nice seeing people change and grow. Become parents. Become wildly successful. Be the person few of us had the voice to be when we were teenagers. Considering I'm one of the people who believes that people don't fundamentally change, it can only mean one thing... There was a whole lot of good that was overlooked while we were going through our own drama.

It feels like vacation to me, this time of my life. Not that it's effortless, but maybe because it's priceless. It's that time in my life, with my husband, with my family, with my friends and with all the connections I've made recently, that I feel like there's no way we can't look back at this and smile. Part of me is screaming to just shut up and enjoy it.

I can't help but concede a half-smile to that. Me shut up? pfft. But never doubt that I'm enjoying it.