Embracing Change: Finding the Courage to Say Goodbye and Move Forward
When he started four years ago, as a family, we knew very little about this incredible sport.
Now, ask John about the splits and projections of any race and he will spout stats with the best of them.
Junior year he was named captain and remains so for his final, senior season.
Top 15 finisher at local Coach Hope meet junior yearWhen this season started I felt a little lost at his early meets.
I had to name it out loud and the sadness of saying goodbye to cross-country lessened a bit.
Mother’s Day: Letting Ourselves be Human
On this Mother’s Day as J.R.’s high school graduation approaches, I feel a major shift in my role as a mom.
I vowed to do all I could to be the best mom possible and set about reading every parenting book I could get my hands on.
The first, was going within as much as my busy mom life allowed, the second was being present for my boys to the best of my ability.
Through this process I learned being present is one of the hardest things in life, but also incredibly rewarding.
On this Mother’s Day, however it looks for you…joyful, hard, sad, celebratory…try to keep it all in perspective.
The In-Between
In all my years as a mom I have never been so sad on a birthday.
I woke up weepy and my burbling emotions ebbed and flowed throughout the day.
A few weeks prior to this I was chatting with someone else and her empty nest experience was the opposite.
It sounded like Margaritaville at her house and it didn’t even need to be 5 o’clock anywhere.
Somehow life tilts itself back into balance no matter if we want it to or not.
Icing on the Cake
I have no idea where this blog and my website will take me and I am doing my best to make peace with this fact.
It’s a real bummer once your kids get self-sufficiently awesome, then it is time for them to pack it up and head on out.
I am handling my oldest’s senior year as well as any sensitive empath might.
Timing-wise the simultaneous launch of dianadevaul.com and Oakley’s arrival was not ideal in hindsight, but I am beyond grateful for both.
Anything beyond this will just be icing on a well-loved cake.
