LIFE has been happening fast and furious the last few months.  I have kept up with my MySpace page more, so I have been able to keep up with a few of you there, but haven't had a chance to visit my friends here for a while!

My job is always crazy in April and May, then dear friends celebrated their Handfasting in May.  We have been happily busy with our Coven too.  The last two weeks we have focused on our youngest who graduated from High School on June 4.  Spent as much time with her as possible, had a party for her and she got to go to the shore with friends a few days before we dropped her off today at the Recruiting Station.  She left for processing in PA and then will be sworn in to the Army tomorrow.  We will go see her sworn in and then she will leave for Missouri.  This was not an easy thing for me to accept when she first told us of her decision in December.  She joined the Future Soldier Program and last Saturday was given her Pvt. status.  She was accepted in the field she wanted, Carpentry and Masonry.  Saying goodbye today was hard, but I knew I would get to see her tomorrow.  Tomorrow will be VERY difficult.  This is our baby!

Which leads me to our transition.  Today, our daughter left this house and is now officially an adult.  She will come home to visit, but our little girl is all grown up now, as are her sisters.  Lovely girls with lives of their own.  Now, while this is rough to let them go, there is some excitement to this as well.  When we married we blended our families so we have never been just a couple.  Another chapter of life begins for all of us!

 The last few days I have been off work and have found I was not sleeping too good.  So I have been trying to keep my mind of our gal leaving by catching up on emails and updating my different web pages and my site THE RAVEN'S NEST.  Sure would love to find a job where I could play on the pc all day!  And that too is something I am feeling may be on the horizon.  I am feeling more and more that it is time for a job change, but with the economy being what it is, that is not going to happen too quickly I fear.

At 50, I find myself reflecting on what I have accomplished so far and what it is that I truly want from the final chapters of my life.  I still have a few dreams tucked away that I would like to fulfill and enjoy with my wonderful hubby.  So while tears will flow a bit in sadness for all the empty bedrooms in our house, I will look forward to celebrating the events of our girls and their families as well as new adventures for hubby and I! 

Brightest Blessings My Friends!