AnchorMommy

Life’s changing seasons

February 25, 2011 by Shannon

Life never stops long enough for me to grab on and hold it still. As much as I’d like to, our family’s little world is constantly changing and evolving.

I have a boy who is growing so fast, his pants are starting to shrink up around his ankles. My little baby girl is now engaging with the world around her – shrieking to get her brother’s attention, clapping her hands at every opportunity, and mouthing everything she possibly can. It’s true what they say about parenthood: just when you get used to something, circumstances change. Infants become gurgling babies. Babies become inquisitive toddlers. Toddlers become independent preschoolers. And on and on into adulthood.

I can’t help but ponder all of this because I’m facing a new opportunity that will change our lives – again – but thankfully, only for a short period of time. Before agreeing to the opportunity, I had to look in my crystal ball a bit. What will be going on in our lives at the time? Will I be able to make time for what’s important to my family? Will I have enough energy to do it all?

I know this – I’ll have a 10 month old baby and a four year old boy. And I know that I’ll do my very best to juggle everything for this brief period of time. And I know that some things will have to slide. (I bet we’ll be eating a few more frozen veggie lasagnes from Costco. And there will be days I don’t use cloth diapers on Ella. Oh, the horrors!) But I think by letting myself off the hook for a few weeks, we’ll all survive just fine.

(I wish I could give you the full scoop about what’s up, but I should probably wait until the details are all hammered out. As soon as I can spill the beans, I will…)