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Families and Seasons

9/11/2015

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For my little family, June was graduation time with all of its parties and picnics and outdoor events. Then July was preparatory time with sorting and recycling and making lists of to do, to go, to shop, to play. August came and we took my granddaughter to college, a milestone for each one of us.  Saying goodbye was tearful and touching.  So much unknown ahead and life will never be the same for us - new college freshman, parents, siblings, aunt and uncles, and even for grandparents.  Certainly my granddaughter is at the center of all of this change, the hub of the wheel in motion.  We, the family, move with her; each of us cherishing memories and adapting to this new stage, eager to see her again at Thanksgiving and Christmas. And to share in her journey as much as she chooses to include us.

And now mid-September is here bringing with it changing seasons and bittersweet letting go.  My grandson is back into his routine with school and sports and lots of time with friends. What’s new is that, for the first time, he is an only child, with all its benefits right alongside missing his sister, his best friend.  My daughter and son-in-law have moved a little bit closer to empty nesting, downsizing to accommodate the movement of life.  They are thoughtful and gracious in the process, making each moment of this new phase meaningful.  Busy with jobs and chores, gardens and music, sports and academic events, support of community and friends, and each other.  I am an old timer remembering my own walk through these changes, my stumbles, my fears, and my celebrations.  Letting go was not easy then, nor is it now.  But now I’m a little bit better with acceptance and gratitude rather than with resistance.  Time moves us along regardless of our ideas of how it should or shouldn’t be.  And I know that each of us, whatever the seasons may bring, can find joy in what is yet to be even as we treasure what has been. 
                                       
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