After nearly eleven years of blogging, this is post #2500. I love, love, love that I have so many memories recorded here. I am very grateful for this.
I've noticed, especially recently, that the general theme of my blog has changed since the beginning. It makes sense though. When this blog began, my youngest was in preschool, Catherine was in first grade and Robert was in third grade. Now Thomas is a sophomore in high school who is about to drive, Catherine is a senior who will graduate in too few months, and Robert has achieved his dream of joining the Navy and is living his own life. I no longer have little children at home, and they no longer provide "little kid comedic entertainment". It certainly doesn't mean I don't have stories to share, it's just that they are different kinds of stories. Many of my stories are now my thoughts, perspectives and feelings. In many ways, I think that makes a lot of sense. I am no longer spending my days filled with children who require so much of my attention. I have a lot more time for my own thoughts and other things.
This particular change really kind of hit me Sunday morning at church. For many years, all five of us filed into the pew together. Then, Robert began attending more sporadically as he worked many Sundays once he got a job. Eventually, he joined the Navy and we are officially a family of four (made even more official when the newest church directory came out and he wasn't listed with our family). Shortly after he left, Catherine got a job and she now attends rarely, as Sunday is often the only day she can work. It was just Thomas, Andrew and myself sitting there. I couldn't help but think it won't be long until Catherine will be off at college, and then Thomas will begin a job, and the days of it just being Andrew and myself are coming along rapidly. I miss the little people in my life, but I'm grateful for each phase!
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