And it’s 2023…
So, it’s been a moment—18 months to be precise. And here I am, wanting to jump into writing yet again. Mainly because I enjoy using this space to record what is going on in my life and what I am thinking about it all.
And what has been going on has been quite a number of things. Where to start…
Jason (who now goes by Jay) got married to Megan, their college love, on August 13, 2021. It was a self-officiated wedding followed by an intimate dinner with the immediate families. You can see pictures here! They really enjoy Fredericksburg and have decided to make a home and to get involved with the community there.
Kyle is in his senior year at the University of Vermont (UVM) and will be graduating with a Wildlife & Fisheries Biology degree in May. The experiences he’s had (pandemic not withstanding) have been amazing (and so very different than my college experience!) His course field work and being in Vermont have allowed him to really hone his wildlife photography. He’s also fallen in love with birding after taking an intensive field ornithology class this past summer (and is a TA for his professor this semester). You can check out his recent work here.
After losing our 20 year old cat Sammie in 2021, I adopted two new cats last February: Gansey and Kelledry, who I will definitely be sharing more about. And then in June of last year, we said good-bye to our sweet pup Jezabelle, who was the last of our four “family pets.”
Then in July came the biggest change—after living 23 years in the home where I raised my kids, I decided it was time to move (only 15 minutes away, yet it feels like a completely different world!) My new place is an adorable little house (900 sqft!) with a cute front porch. It was built in 1920 and retains its “old house charm” while being beautifully updated. How I came to this decision was quite the process, not to mention the subsequent clean out and downsizing. Making this kind of major change (and all that it entails!) is something I want to write about more here in the future.
If that was not enough, just a couple of weeks ago, I stepped down from my role as homeschool coach for Brave Writer’s Brave Learner Home. Back in 2014, when Julie invited me to join her new endeavor, what was then the Homeschool Alliance, I had no idea where it was going to take us and what an impact it would have on me as a person. I so thoroughly enjoyed getting to know our members and their families and the work we did there. It was a really hard decision to make, but, especially with my move, the time felt very right.
So yeah. Given all that, maybe it makes sense that I want to jump back in over here (or I could just blame it on Lissa and her recent posts making me nostalgic for the old days of regular blogging!)
As always, no promises as far as how often or what I’ll be posting about. But if you are up for the musings of a 54 year old former homeschool mom who is navigating a new transition to who knows what after having experienced life in a major pandemic, I would love to have you join me!
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