Where Past and Future Meet...

Hello Fellow Bloggers. Tonight I am writing to you from what used to be my son's nursery. It is now an office. I have spent the last 2 days moving my son into his sisters room. Along with that move came the "goodbye" to the crib and a "hello" to the toddler bed. If you have read my blog at all, you know that I am not a huge fan of the baby stage part of mothering. I love my babies, don't get me wrong, but as far as stages, I enjoy them more each day they become older! However... that being said... when I had moved the last piece of furniture from my babies room, I took a look at his room and my heart sank just for a moment. I planned for him, in this room. I painted the wooden letters that spelled his beautiful name, in this room, I rocked him to sleep in my arms, in this room. His first moments of life were in here, in this room.

Now, I sit at a desk where his crib used to be. I have a printer sitting where his changing table was and there are holes in the wall where his baby pictures used to hang.

Just then, I hear my children laughing. Campbell asks Carson, in whisper, "Brother, want to come in my bed?" Carson replies, at the top of his lungs, unaware that he should be whispering, "Uh huh!". I hear toys fall to the ground and then... more laughter errupts. What a sound!

As one chapter of my life is closing, the sadness is heavy in my heart but the glimpes of the chapter that awaits me is getting louder my the moment and a smile comes to my face. Tonight, as I find myself in brand new territory, I am thankful for the memories of my past and am giving God glory for ones in my future.

Lessons I learn from Fall

Today,  took the  beautiful fall pictures with the itent to post them on this blog however, that is not happening at this moment... So I will just type! I was driving down the road yesterday looking at all the beautiful fall leaves and it made me so thankful to be living in Arkansas. Fall is my favorite time of the year. I love the leaves and their changing colors, the holidays, the time with family, and the way my house looks decorated for the impending seasons.

As I was driving around our beautiful ranch looking at the fall foliage, I learned something about life: The leaves are most beautiful when they are going through a transition! During the times in my life that seem the most difficult to go through, there is an opportunity to make the world a little more beautiful. It may be tough, it may not be the kind of transisition you want to be going through but even still, your life has the opportunity to brighten the lives of those around you.

The other lesson I learned, is that theses transition phases are only for a short time. The color only lasts for a few days, if that. There is this beautiful tree that is in my grandparents front yard that I look forward to watching it change every year. It turns a very bright orange and yellow. It almost looks electric it is so vibrant! The thing about this tree, it is only that way for a day, maybe two if the wind isn't blowing hard. No matter what difficult transition you may find your self in at this moment,

Remember these two things:

Beacause of your transistion, your life is making the world a more beautiful place.  It lasts only for a moment...

Hello, Again!

So today, I became insipired to write on my blog again. After I went through the login, forgot my password and password reset, I finally got to the dashboard! I have to say, it was a welcome site. I forgot how theraputic blogging can be.

I would love to say how much things have changed for me since March, which  is the date of my last post, but I cannot. Things at the McMillan household are pretty much exactly the same!

As I sit on my deck typing, I look up from the screen to watch my children jumping on the trampoline that Campbell got for her birthday, just then, my grandmother pulls on the ranch and my kids run to to say hello, the leaves on the trees that surround our part of the the world are changing colors and the gray clouds rolling in overhead seem to promise a nice fall rain... There are days that seem more difficult than others but today is just not one of them!

As we near the Thanksgiving season, I am thankful!