To Everything... Turn, Turn, Turn

There comes a time in everyone's life when you realize there really is a time and a season for everything. I remember when school was my focus and also when I knew my education was going to be obtained, not from a university, but from the experiences of raising and homeschooling my children. I remember when I knew the season for my childbearing years was upon me and I remember just as vividly when I realized that season had changed. Many great and wonderful things are happening in my family's lives. After a year and a half of unemployment and part time jobs, my husband was hired at a respectable auto body collision center in the area (Northside Collision) FULL TIME with BENEFITS and BONUSES! No doubt, this opportunity will dramatically change our current (very poor!) circumstances. It's amazing we didn't lose 10 lbs. each this past year sweating over paying the rent and the car payment. And yet, we're grateful for the difficult lessons we learned while we were so financially strapped.
Our children are growing and changing every day. Ashley (age 1) is walking, Jamie (age 5) is learning to read and write, and Brian (age 3) is overcoming his Apraxia of Speech and has added several new words to his vocabulary. Brian also picked out his very first "wardrobe" of super hero big boy underwear! We're 90% accident free on day three of potty training! One month ago I started a part time job working in customer service at "yogen fruz" a frozen yogurt franchise at ShoppingTown Mall. Lots and lots of changes.
Changes are seeping into all areas of our lives: family, friends, finances, faith. Over the next few weeks I hope to utilize my blog as a way to share with you in more detail the changes occuring in my life. I haven't been blogging for the last 6 weeks because instead I've been filling the pages of my personal journal. A friend wote to me in an email today and convinced me it was time to start sharing instead of keeping it all to myself. She wrote, "I love to read what you write--it makes me think and touches my heart. I also really admire how open and frank you are--that takes a lot of courage. I wish I had that." So... on with being "open and frank..."