Life is good.
Waiting for the coffee to brew. Mom has one of those new Keurig machines. I am going to try the Nantucket roast. I may decide I like this machine -- I have retired my auto drip and pulled out my one cup DeLonghi espresso machine. Think I would prefer to grind my own beans and use a reusable basket if I bought one. The disposables are just that. Disposable. And fresh ground coffee just tastes better.
But the matter of coffee wasn't foremost on my mind this morning.
I woke sifting through the fading dreams sleep brought, and the waking transition of life as a parent with children leaving for college this week. Moving day Wednesday for my daughter, Saturday for my son.Many parents go through this. An empty nest feeling some call it. So opposite to the nesting before childbirth. We prepare and anticipate. Now they spread wings and fly to create dreams and goals of their own. The way it should be.
It is this transition of life that we feel when these normal life changes occur. It is not just about our children, it is also about embracing the changes within ourselves. Our own moving forward to embrace what we want to still savor in life, or the embracing of new goals. Without dreams we grow old too fast. Reminds me of "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler on the Roof.
So as I begin this new week, I give thanks to the seasons I have lived and the seasons yet to embrace. God is good.
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