I have gone to Pikes Market more times than I care to mention and still every time I am blown away that I live so close that I could shop there for fresh flowers if I wanted to.
I have missed, birthdays, weddings, funerals, baby showers, bridal showers, baby arrivals, and countless other important dates that rip my heart out every time they pass by and I am here and they are there.
I have finally gotten to the point where I am not afraid to drive around here without Gloria Paige Smith aka GPS.
I have come to realize that although I love Seattle, it is just a place.
I have changed I hope for the good in ways that I wouldn't have if I never moved out of the state that I lived in for 35 years. In ways that I never thought were possible. In ways I never knew I was capable of.
I have a husband who has become my one and only truly all over again. I have 4 children who right before my eyes are quickly becoming young/big people. These surroundings are the only ones that are still the same. Everything and Everyone else has changed.
I have a new job. It's a good job. I am thankful for it. It works out perfectly with my other job of being CEO of Scofield international.
I have reinvented what it looks like to be a mother to Emma, Chloe, Solomon, and Isaiah.
I have realized that the older I get the less I know for sure and the more I find myself saying," I don't know" when I thought I would know more.
2 comments:
great post, Noel. So glad Jeni got to spend some time up with you guys!
Oh me too Erica. She is a gem. It was an honor to be with her on such a special day. I think we were a pretty good distraction :) but still she is handling life like a champ.
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