I'm sitting with the oldest in a very quiet house. It's always quiet around here anyway during the day, but it's nice to have someone to share that quiet with. Today's the last early out day of the school year. It's hard to believe next year will be the boy's last year of high school. He caught a ride home with a friend and I couldn't help but think two things: 1). How trustworthy he is; and 2). How much I'm gonna miss him. We'll save that last thought, though, for the day when he actually does move on.
Our family certainly is changing and growing. Even supper around the table has changed. Oh, we're all still there, but I can see us transforming from a family with little kids to a family of adults. I know, I know. We've got a ways to go yet and I've never been a promoter of making kids grow up fast, but one thing is for sure... we've done our job well in raising independent people who aren't afraid to share their opinion. Sometimes that's a good thing and sometimes it makes for awkward dinnertime conversations. I've said it before and I'll say it again, there's never a dull moment.
And so life moves on a steady pace. There's always trouble on the national level and sometimes there's trouble on the home level. There's always a gas tank that needs to be filled and sometimes there's a bill that just can't be paid. We just move on one day at a time, appreciating the quiet times as they come.
Speaking of which, it's time for me to go get the other two.
My quiet time is about to end.
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Change is inevitable. You can always count on home and family to put the national picture and troubles into perspective.
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