Jam Packed

We typically live a busy life anyway, without a dull moment, but this summer is the ultimate!

Tonight, we will spend the last night in our house that we have called home for the last 12 1/2 years. It’s been the birth home for 3 of my 4 children.

There’s been many precious memories made here, but so many dark times too. I look forward to this next chapter in our life.

I hope it will be the best thing for our family. I fear sometimes that it’s not.

But, I can only trust that it will be good for all of us.

Positives are there will be more living space, we won’t be cramped, feeling like we’re on top of each other all the time. Maybe, just maybe, my stress level will decrease a little? The kitchen is amazing, and I look forward to many family meals, bringing our family closer together. Holidays will be great to host, I do hope for that so much. We will be on the same street as my dad, so the kids will enjoy having Papa around more, and it will be fun to walk the lower drive by TowMate and the TowMate Inn. Such beauty by the lake. We will have a lovely lake view. Mostly, I think about the space. I really look forward to Allie actually having a closet, a place to put her possessions, a corner for herself in the downstairs area, lots of play room for the boys, and I hope to have the kids more involved in cleaning. haha

The one big positive I see here, is that I am leaving the house that I spent most of my marriage in, and there was a lot of bad that went with that. We are leaving the dark times behind and moving forward to better days. I just KNOW that!!

I do try not to even think about negatives, but there are some emotions that go with this move.

I am going to miss my back deck, the woods behind my house, the flat street we lived on. I ran a few miles on it, the kids rode their bikes, drove their gator on it, the neighbors were so friendly and looked out for my kids and me. I was very efficient in this house with our daily routine, and with more space, comes more work. I am ready for this though.

On to new memories…