From Unsettled to Grateful: A Yr of Change
Howdy and blissful Monday! I hope you had a refreshing weekend. Ours was a great one — easy, cozy, and filled with little reminders of how a lot life can change in a yr.
Fall is in full swing now, and I’m making an attempt to decelerate sufficient to essentially soak all of it in. This time final yr was particularly memorable for me. We have been residing with my mother — one thing I by no means anticipated to do once more as an grownup — and it was surprisingly particular. We made nightly dinners collectively, sipped morning espresso aspect by aspect, and shared the day by day rhythms of life with my children underneath her roof. It was a present I’ll all the time cherish.
However alongside the sweetness, there was a powerful feeling of being unsettled. I truly wrote about it in this publish — and rereading it now, virtually precisely a yr later, I’m struck by how a lot progress has taken place since then. This weekend particularly opened my eyes to all of the modifications.
On Friday, Hailey went to a celebration with some new buddies. After we picked her up, she was effervescent over with pleasure — telling us all concerning the video games they performed, the snacks, and all of the foolish moments. Pure girlhood pleasure. And truthfully, an answered prayer.
With no soccer on Saturday, we had time to bake (you have to strive this pumpkin bread), enhance a bit extra for fall, make Jello within the cutest pumpkin-shaped molds (Okay was so proud), watch soccer, and even swap out the sunshine swap covers within the powder room — small issues that made the day really feel full and satisfying. Hailey and I went to a candy 16 celebration within the night, and we had buddies drop by for an impromptu soccer hangout. It felt like a type of basic, cozy autumn days. One other answered prayer.
(Apart from the Georgia recreation… however hey, you’ll be able to’t win all of them. Freaking Alabama. Sigh.)
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I additionally made a acutely aware effort to spend much less time scrolling and extra time doing — embroidery, prepping the backyard, sipping tea whereas listening to cozy fall jazz as a substitute of the standard information and podcasts. Final night time, I sat outdoors watching the chickens peck on the floor, and let myself pause and actually really feel the gratitude.
Transferring to a brand new state was an enormous leap for us. We weren’t operating from something dangerous, however we have been saying sure to one thing unknown — and that may be equally scary. It hasn’t all the time been simple, particularly in parenting, however this yr has proven me how a lot can change once you say sure to the tug in your coronary heart.
If there’s one thing calling to you — a change, a objective, even a small shift — I hope you’ll take a step towards it. It doesn’t should be a large leap. Only a small step. As a result of the time goes to move both method. And a yr from now, you would possibly simply end up reflecting again, amazed by how far you’ve come.
What season of life are you in proper now? I’d love to listen to the way you’re soaking within the fall or what targets you’re quietly working towards — be at liberty to share within the feedback.
