You know how you go through periods in your life where the
road is just a bit bumpy? It’s not any one thing in particular, in fact
sometimes the road is smooth sailing, but overall, when everything adds up the
ride was just a bit rough. That’s where we’ve been in our family.
The past few years have been bumpy. There are the obvious –
young kids means lots of stops along the way. And we’ve had lots of unexpected
detours. Therapies, dentists, doctors, surgeries, potty training, messes,
worrying, more potty training, laundry, IEP meetings, teachers, enrollment,
ballet, gymnastics, and more.
Friends keep moving. We live in a college town so we expect
the annual turnover, but it’s getting harder every year to say good-bye to one
more set of friends. I’ve had to say good-bye to Laura, Dawn, Sharon, Marie,
Jenny (twice), Rebekah, Brandielle, Kathleen, Rachelle, Hilary, Stephanee,
Corene, Stacy, Jenny (a different one), Joellen, Sarah, Karen, Marijke, Bonnie,
Candace, Julia, Lisa, Nina, Candice, Teresa, Cindy, Erica and I’m sure there are
a few I’m missing. Not to mention their husbands and children.
There have been tears and laughter and stress. A lot of
stress. There have been beautiful moments and moments I wish I could go back to
college where my only worries were grades and paychecks. I type this in a cold house because the heat
exchange in our furnace cracked and we’ve been without heat for the past three
days. If that doesn’t sound too bad just realize we were this close to being
the family on the news that never woke-up due to carbon monoxide poisoning. For once I was grateful for a leaky,
inefficient home and following a prompting that we needed to get our heater
serviced. In March.
So, now we have to dish out more money to replace the
furnace. Money – it just keeps slipping through our fingers like sand. Why does
it cost so much to live? I wrap this up while watching freezing rain bounce off
the sidewalks and stuck in the house with children home from school because of
a “snow” day. The morning has been full of screaming, tantrums, poop, art
projects and finding Jacob covered in my brand new $12 foundation.
The future is bright though… and warmer. Much warmer. I hope
to have pictures soon but first I need to find our camera charger.
2 comments:
I miss you too! It's so hard to do nothing but phone conversations when you have little kids. I feel like they're little kidnappers keeping me from contacting the outside world. It can be so insular.
Life is just hard, I think, even during the smooth times. There's always something to be done, something or someone to take care of... I often wonder why I was in such a hurry to grow up. Life was so much easier so many years ago. I've really related to your last few posts (and I'd probably relate to your posts before that, too, but those are the only ones I've read). I hope life eases up on you. And that you can enjoy the sweet moments, however brief they may be, of each day. :-)
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