TRANSITION!!

I am a few days behind my Weekly Post. I have been GO GO Go for awhile now but this topic still comes to my mind and so it must be something I need to write about... A few months a go my daughter returned home from serving an 18 month mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. As the days, weeks & short months have passed and in my busy days I have found time to reflect the changes and the new TRANSITIONS that are happening in my life. I love this quote, it pretty much sums it up...

MY life is a STORY of TRANSITION... My kids are growing up and leaving me!! That bothers ME!! I am SOOO good with change but TRANSITION has me a little twisted..

"Oh she's sweet but a psycho, a little bit psycho..."

Our family is no stranger to Transition.. Employee to Employer.. Cedar City to Santa Clara.. Movie Theaters to Fun Centers...Stay @ Home Mom to Lady Boss.. TRANSITION is inevitable.. And to make it even more interesting I am just recognizing the TRANSITION... I think I woke up one morning and I was like.. OM HECK!! I've transitioned into the next phase of life. But WHY is TRANSITION HARD & Change is GREAT!!

Changing homes... Changing Cities... Changing Wards... Changing Jobs (scary but exciting)... Changing Friends (upgrading hopefully)... Changing your mind set (very necessary)... Why do all of these things sound SOO Cool!! I think Change is expected.. You are expected to get FAT when you are pregnant.. You see what I mean...

The TRANSITION of my daughter moving out and moving on with her life.. is hard.. The TRANSITION of my 3rd favorite daughter getting her job and wanting to experience life her way... is hard... The TRANSITION of my son with disabilities wanting to be an Adult...

Another quote that might help put this difficult topic into perspective...

"We resist transition not because we can't accept the change, but because we can't accept LETTING GO of that Piece of Ourselves that we have to give up when and because the situation has changed."-William Bridges

That sums it up for me.. Now the tears fill my eyes... I am struggling letting GO of all the pieces inside me that created ME!! I am struggling with the transition of my kids leaving the BIRDS NEST... (not gonna lie, some days I'm like GO Already & Kyle is already there )lol But Genuinely...

I shared my breakdown in a previous post... I feel my soul being ripped out from me and I feel the need to FIND my SOUL!! I gave my soul to my kids.. (maybe to the little devils) but I did!! I sometimes look at their old photographs and I say where was I when you were all being crazy.. And the other night my sweet Sandy said, "You were running Raindance so we could have a roof over our heads." Sometimes I wasn't there and Now I don't want to leave..

I am in this TRANSITION of opening a new business Location because it's a necessary evil... But the Transition is SO HARD!! I don't want to leave my kids... I don't want them to leave me... And once again... I rely on the ETERNAL Truth of this life... I rely on the faith that we are an eternal Family...

I am NO expert on TRANSITION!! But I will say that I AM THANKFUL that I recognized that I am going through it because NOW I can PRAY Harder... LOVE Longer... & HUG Stronger!!

PEACE & BLESSINGS
Mama Sadie
#maximizeyoueveryday
xoxox