The Summer of Change....

At the park with some friends getting used to the new neighbor hood we would soon call home.

A lot has changed for us this summer. We sold our house and had to move out just at the end of the school year in June. We won a small bidding war for a new house in a neighborhood closer to my son’s new high school. We lived in a Trailer in my mother in laws back yard for most of June and the first half of July. We moved into a new house and suddenly we had neighbors who didn’t seem crazy. Also we now live in a neighborhood that we are okay with the kids going out side and playing. It all seemed so fast and yet parts of it just seemed to drag on.

This tiny camper was home for a few weeks. I’m over camping for awhile!

We were able to fit everything else into one 10 x 15 storage unit.

This weekend is the last weekend before my two youngest start school. Where did the time go. My wife just got home with the initial school supplies they will need to start the year. We just emptied out the storage unit that temporarily contained our entire lives. (Well maybe not our entire lives, we did keep the basics with us in the trailer but it wasn’t lost on me that we were able to stuff every thing else into one 10 x 15 storage unit. ) The one thing that living in this new house in this new neighbor hood has really shown me is how different things can be from one day to the next. How so much can change in an instant.

I think the biggest change I’ve experienced this summer is a change in perspective. Things I felt were years off or maybe even unobtainable seem very possible now. Changes I didn’t think I could make don’t seem so far fetched anymore. New mindset, new environment seems to be highlighting new possibility. As my boys start a new school year I’m hoping they also see new possibilities and opportunities.

Especially my middle son who has struggled these last few years . He is too smart for his own good. Where I can see a very clear and short path to success, I feel like he looks for the most difficult and convoluted path he can find through any and every task. I at times can see the wheels turning in his mind to not give you the obvious answer to any seemingly simple question. Ultimately he is bored. We all know it but in his refusal to answer the questions, the educators have to treat him as if he didn’t understand the question. Which is frustrating to every one involved. I tell him they won’t unlock master mode for him if he refuses to play the game on normal at least one time.

In any case. I truly hope this series of changes that has happened to and for us this summer will put him in a place where he can see things from a new perspective. I hope we can finally get him into an environment where he can thrive and truly grow. My goal isn’t simply to keep these tiny humans alive. I want them to live!

Our Last Day at our Old House. Leaving “home” for a new adventure.