Four Years and Still Running....

....like a hamster on a wheel. A friend reminded me that four years ago yesterday (the 12th) I started blogging. I totally forgot about it, but I'm glad he reminded me because it gave me a chance to look back and see where I was back then and compare it to my life now.

Four years ago, my parish was beginning to search for a new music director, and I was on the interview team. It's now four years later, and our beloved music director informed us last week that economic necessity has forced him to take a job at another parish, and so the search begins again for his replacement. Sigh. This is a painful reminder that one should never get too comfortable in any given situation.

Four years ago, I was the mother of a 10-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old son. We were dealing with fifth grade and second grade issues like mean girls, persuasive writing assignments, a teacher who really shouldn't have been a teacher, and bathroom accidents. Now I have a teen and a 'tween, and our issues are, well, you can imagine. *eye roll*

It's been a four years filled with a lot of tears but even more laughter. Blogs have come and gone; some of the writers have revealed their real names to me, and I now connect with them on Facebook. My children have lived and learned and loved and laughed, as have my husband and I. We've had family vacations, family arguments, and family prayers. Friends have gone, and treasured ones from the past have come back into our lives.

It has been an incredibly enlightening journey these past four years, and I've tried to share some of it with you. Peace be the journey for another four times fourteen. :)

Later daze.............