A Year Later

While folding clothes this morning and thinking about what all we've done this past year and what we hope to do in the next year, I realized it was exactly a year ago today that we moved from Texas to Virginia. I try not to think back on that day too often because my heart was in a million pieces. When we left town I had my handkerchief in hand and I pretty much held on to it for the 2.5 days we were driving. I remember feeling at that time and for some time after that the world was coming to an end. I couldn't imagine myself across the country and away from my friends and family. Separation and change are very hard things! I know now though that moving up here was the best thing for us. I also know that my parents and brother moving to WV was the best thing for them. We LOVE LOVE LOVE it up here and now that we've been here for a year it would be hard to imagine living there again. Sometimes I lay in bed at night and close my eyes and try to remember little things like what our backyard in TX looked like because sometimes I feel like I'm starting to forget. Change is always hard and that move was by far the hardest thing I've ever done but now that we're here and have been for about a year, I'm really glad we did. I can't believe the year flew by so quickly. On the other hand, it seems like we've been here forever.

I've started pulling the blankets and the long jammies back out. The nights have been cold! The mornings have been too. I've noticed the past couple of days that the leaves are starting to turn on the trees. I love it when they turn orange and red. I'll be looking forward to posting pics of them as soon as they turn. It's so beautiful up here in the fall. I'll also be looking forward to the deer coming around again. I've not seen any around here since last February.