Bitter Sweet

I sort of fell off of the blogging bandwagon there for a while. It seems this is the way that all of my Journal's work. I write for a while, and I find joy in thinking about what it is that I want to write. Then I find joy in reading the things that I have written. And then, I forget about writing about life. I find that I've been so busy living my life that I've completely ignored my desire to write about where life has taken us.

So, here I am again. Brooklyn has already finished Kindergarten and First Grade. Savannah will be starting Kindergarten in a few more weeks. Madison is no longer a baby, but a sweet little two year old. (Did I say sweet? Sometimes it is more like a sassy two year old :). And, I've had another child.

My how time gets the best of us. Charlotte is five months old in two days. Five months old already. She is a sweetheart! The odds of having four girls in a row are very slim. And yet, somehow we have hit the jackpot! We have the nicest girls around. I'm so glad to be their mom. XOXOXO

In another week, we will be moving away from this wonderful place that we have called home for the last five years. It's the only home that Madison has known, and the only home Savannah remembers, and really the only home Brooklyn remembers as well. It's weird to think that in a few more years, Brooklyn may be the only child who remembers this house. I hope the others will remember the love that we gave them throughout their childhood, even if they don't remember the exact surroundings.

Moving is so bitter sweet. Saying goodbye is hard, and so instead of saying goodbye, we've pretended that life isn't going to change. We've pretended that everything will always stay the same... even though we've been busy trying to find a new place to live, and a good school to replace the one Brooklyn has attended for two years. Today I had to face reality and email her school to let them know that they can let two more lucky children attend. I've had to go out and find boxes so that we can box up our things for the move, and I've had to make changes to the Visiting Teaching Assignments for next month - and remove myself from the list. It's all starting to hit home today. And next week, it will all be in a new home. How funny that I was able to fool myself for this long.

It will be an amazing change for all of us. I just know it.