Transition....change....it happens every day---wanted or unwanted---every season---in the weather--in fashion---as every school year begins---gains---losses---the list goes on forever.
Oh, how I welcomed summer. Popsicles on the back porch, water fights, lazy mornings, mud fights, looking at the stars on the trampoline, story time at the local library, exploring the neighborhood as the sun was setting, the screeching high pitched shrills that only meant----my children's delight over the simplest of things....all left too soon. Summer was sweet to me to us. Now, the weather has gotten a bit cooler and the sun is setting sooner. The school bell has become part of my daily routine. Time to juggle many roles in my life. Daily life isn't so simple.
As summer came to a close for me, I visited with this woman on her front porch. Granny D said life was a gift. I needed to accept it, walk in it, and give it away. It wouldn't be until then, that I would be truly satisfied. As we continued our deep rooted 'Life Talk', I looked up and she had her feet curled up and hand on her face. It was as if we were life long girlfriends having an ordinary long chat.-one of my sisters. I had to capture her, she looked so natural. Granny D is 94 years old. She ended with saying good bye and assuring me she was ready. "I have lived a good full life."
As I drove away, I stopped in an open field.....I meditated on what she had shared with me. Something shifted on the inside of me. I choose to no longer seem 'in a hurry'. I am choosing to enjoy the moment. My marriage, my children, my photography dream, my life and all that I desire all do not have to be a certain way or fit someone else's mold. I am learning it is a part of me. Yet, it is what is because it is not my job to control it. It is my job to experience it. To let it BE.
Check out my fellow photography teacher, Nikki's blogpost on Transition.
