A new beginning

Well, here we are.....a few weeks ago we left Katie at college in Florida.  I began school and then we just left Connor at college in CT....Keera also begins tomorrow.  And Bob has a new policy at work that they have to wear ties and button up dress shirts, so we are all on our new days.  It has been a part of our lives to start over every end of August for about 19 years.  It all started with Brendan and preschool when he was three.  Hard to believe that all that time has gone by and we are still celebrating new beginnings.  It is exciting, scary, fun, difficult.....so many things all mixed into one.  I look at Keera and can't believe that she is going into middle school.  Then again, I can't believe Brendan works full time.  Where has time gone and will it continue to move so fast?  Do we miss all the things happening because we are just in the flow of motion?  Do we enjoy every little minute good and bad just because they are ours to enjoy?

So.....here we go.....new beginnings yet again.....from Florida to CT....from middle school through college up to employment for over 30 years......here is to new beginnings!

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