Times in Turmoil

     I have been absent from blogging for a bit and if you missed the blogs I apologize.  If you haven't, well, then you're welcome.  I've been struggling a bit lately with what I want to be when I grow up.  The past few years have been full of being a mom (of more than just my own), wife, daughter (taking care of an aging parent), mom to an entire assembly of girls, mother of a future and now present Grand Worthy Advisor, Boy Scout Assistant Scoutmaster (sometimes even Scoutmaster and Cubmaster at the same time), church committees/ministries and homeschool teacher and tutor.  This is in addition to the numerous volunteer positions, being a housewife, and household organizational/logistical specialist (it is my job to make sure everyone has what they need, when the need it, keep track of who needs to where at what time and make it all happen, etc.).  Believe it or not, even with this list I'm leaving a ton of stuff out.  Friends would laugh when in April I would tell them that my first free Saturday was in November.  Unfortunately, I was completely serious.  These duties appear effortless to my family but let me tell you ... I AM EXHAUSTED.
     My Heavenly Father decided I needed a change and told Uncle Sam to PCS (transfer) our family to a place over a thousand miles away from where we have been for almost nine years.  The timing might not have been what I choose as I would have preferred to move sixty days later but I trust and have faith that my Lord knows what is best for me even if I don't.  Leaving family and friends is always difficult but modern technology helps ... a LOT.  The cool thing about being a military family and moving every so often is that you move to a new place and get to start over. 
     Think about it for a second, a fresh start.  That is such a cool thing!  We have a saying in our family, new house equals new rules/chores.  Whenever we move, our children (and the grownups) are each assigned different responsibilities and privileges.  Everyone is older and is capable of different things.  They can also be trusted with more freedoms and privileges.  It is always so refreshing as we look at what has worked and what doesn't and make changes for the better.  I will say it again.  We make changes and corrections.  I love it.  Why don't we do it more often?  Not like New Year's Resolutions but more like sit down and think about how things can be done differently and realize how much more everyone is capable of now.  Change is not always a bad thing!  I'll be even more honest, every time we do this my family always amazes me. 
     In the day to day of living we tend to forget that we are still learning, growing and becoming something more than what we were.  We get into the routine of life and stop seeing the little changes all around us.  It is one of the things that I am looking forward to the most when we get to our new home.  How can we make life better?  What do we keep and what do we let go?
     Needless to say that I will be a LOT less busy at our next duty station.  We will no longer have a Grand Worthy Advisor in the house.  We hope to put our son in a Boy Scout troop that doesn't need us to be in charge.  I'm planning to volunteer a little less and I'll be down to only one student, which brings me to my dilemma.  What do I want to be when I grow up?
     A simple question yet the answer is huge with possibilities.   To be honest, it is a question I'm not sure I'm ready to answer nor is Katie who is trying to figure out the same thing.  There are too many choices!!!  Can we just shrink it down to four or five?  That would be SO much easier.  Unfortunately, easy isn't always the best.  So, I guess I'll just take a little time and figure it all out.