Traditions and Transitions

In the last eZine, there is an article about traditions and transitions during this time of year. I have already received lots of good feedback on the issue. Things will be different around our house this Christmas. I am not putting the outdoor lights around the front porch overhang. We are having a traditional evening dinner with Kevin's family, which will be new. I am still looking forward to some last few days (not last-minute!) shopping. The interior of the house looks a lot like last year, the tree has been up for weeks now.

Maybe it will snow for Christmas?

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March -- In Like a Lion

Early March here in Virginia featured lots of wind, rain, weird temperature fluctuations, calm, then more wind and rain. Unpredictable, I guess that is the lion part, huh? As I mention in this month's eZine, if March comes in like a lion, then it is said to go out like a lamb. (click here to subscribe and receive the latest version)

From a lion to a lamb is some big transition! If you have a transition of your own to go through, now would be a good opportunity to engage a coach. Email me (click to email), call me, or use the contact us feature on the website (click here to go to the website).

Another Transition?

My daughter Emily is back at JMU for the fall semester. This year she is living in a house with four other girls, er, young women. So what is the transition here?

Think about my situation. It is always difficult to have your child, er, young woman moving away. Life changes for me when that happens. There are no value judgements about whether my life is better or not, things just need to change. There is a short-term transition of getting used to having only 3 of us around the house. There are less really late nights at home. Summer is over.

Emily of course is going through a transition. Living off campus is different. She has to be responsible for new things. Safety, always a concern for girls (okay, women!), is more of an issue. Her name is associated with legal documents obligating her to pay for certain things in a timely manner. She now has to get to her classes and back in some way other than walking. Mostly, this transition is about preparing for life after college. On her own. That's when it hits you that she really isn't a child anymore.

And that I have a bigger transition to go through.

I miss her!