Goodbye August

  Today is the last day of August 2016. The very last day. The clouds have rolled in for the first time in a while and that reminder is a bit sobering...oh yes...the winter; it always comes. I will focus on other things! Today my house is a bit quieter than normal. My husband is going to be gone for most of the month of September doing various training but he left Monday. He will be home on weekends. My sister is working some days and today is one of them. We just had four guests for a few days and they packed up and left a bit earlier in the day than they intended due to illness and my two girls are also gone for the day. So in a house where yesterday there were nine people there are only three today. My two year old is trying to make up for the quiet in constant chatter but the settledness of so much less energy is sort of nice.

  I am just taking a few moments to think and it feels like a whole new year is starting tomorrow and it is in some ways. The new school year always signals changes and this year because my sister just got a job and my husband is getting a new job and my oldest is going to be going back to school it means more change than usual and I am never great with change. My two middle children are also going to be gone six hours a week ~ actually leaving the house ~

  None of this is very interesting I know but because you never know even what the next minute holds...I am trying to corral my thoughts and focus on what I can do today in this time of a bit less responsibility. I tend to try to figure out how to manage my feelings of anxiety about the change, try to envision all the scenarios and how I can handle this challenge or that....and I think instead of all that I will write letters to all my children as I have not done that for a while. That and keep the two year old functioning since he thinks he is having a very hard day.

  I hope this last August day for you is a lovely one. It may be grey or you might be dreading this summer ending, or you might be so excited for what is to come. Whatever the case may be may you feel a deep strength. xo