Transitions

My youngest son is graduating from high school this weekend. It has been a tough few months for me as he transitions from being an 18-year old high school kid to being an 18-year old young adult. I started thinking today about the transitions we make in our lives.

I think we’re constantly changing, moving, progressing, but it’s usually on such a slow, steady basis, we really don’t notice it. Then we turn around and we’re 50 (yes, it’s my 50th in July). How did I get to be 50? When did I pass 30, 40?

My business has been in transition lately. I changed my company name, I changed my focus, I changed my niche.

And still, time marches on! I think about my dreams of my future when I was young – where did I want to be at this stage of my life, have I done the things I wanted to do?

Maybe life isn’t the way I planned. Maybe I didn’t marry rich. Maybe I didn’t have a girl to break up all the boys. But you know what? I feel I’m exactly where I should be. I’m doing what I should be doing. I’m loving life, I love my husband, I love my boys.

So maybe this is the way it should be. Maybe my youngest son is supposed to be having these excited feelings about adulthood. Maybe the world is supposed to be getting older. Maybe we’re doing exactly what we’re supposed to be doing. As for me, I will enjoy Ryan’s graduation this weekend. I will embrace his adulthood. I will be happy for his new opportunities. Because at some point, they will bring him the fulfillment and joy I find in life.

Yes, this is a lot more philosophical than I usually talk – but that’s the way I was feeling today.

Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend!

Vickie