Transitions

Ok, raise your hand.  Who loves change?  No takers?  Personally I know change is a part of our lives.  We can probably add to the old saying that we all face death, taxes and constant change.  For me the most frustrating change is when one of my digital devices gets an "update" and suddenly everything looks different.  It is especially difficult for my husband.  We are both digital immigrants but he is probably more of an immigrant than I am. 

So recently Bob and I were talking about what we would put on our Christmas card this year.  We do one of those custom holiday cards with photos from the year we have just completed.  Our card has included of both us and our son James with the NHL Stanley Cup.  We have had photos of us with the USHL Clark Cup (both times when the Indiana Ice hockey team won it). It has also included photos of us with our son James and his family (including our grandson, Ronan the Magnificent).

We did not do a holiday card last year because it was in the middle of my completion of my doctorate and planning of graduation and a party.  So this year we need to catch up.

This year has been a year of transitions.  I finished graduate school and got my doctorate.

Our grandson Ronan is approaching three (going on thirty) and is making the transition from a toddler to a boy. 

Two of our hockey players are in their senior year at Miami and will be graduating in the spring.

So you have a preview of what will be included in our holiday card this year. 

As I said we live in a state of constant change.  It is all wonderful because all of us have achieved goals we have set for ourselves.  Yet it is also bittersweet because things will not be the same next year at this time. 

For me (being someone who is a glass half full kind of person) I will be sad for the changes in our lives yet also I know that the future will bring new experiences and possibilities.   We already have one hockey player wedding on our schedule for next year (TJ Syner is marrying his long time love).  Ronan will continue to grow and mature and will be looking at preschool next year.  Bob and I will continue to set new goals for ourselves and face (and enjoy) the changes in our lives. 

Transitions may be something we really don't want but they are a fact of life.  Who knows what the future may bring?