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I haven't had to leave anywhere except by choice. I haven't been out of the country but twice, and I've always lived in New Jersey.
Of course I left my elementary school, my middle school, and my high school. The first two were such normal, expected events that I was just happy to move on. My high school years were not particularly happy, so in some ways, graduation meant freedom.
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The first major change was moving out of my parents' house. In retrospect I see that I handled that very poorly. It was a last-minute decision, just a few days before Christmas (which was already not the most peaceful time for us, anyway). I should have handled it much better.
Probably the biggest change, though, was leaving my job of 13+ years to stay home with my newborn. I didn't dislike the job or the people, but I loved my son more than I liked the others! I went from wearing disposable lab coats and disposable gloves--every safety measure to keep us from contamination--to having someone else's spit-up on my shoulders and not really minding it. Having a newborn, being home every day ... yes, a dramatic change in lifestyle--but one I wouldn't change for the world.
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We need to leave the old in order to get the new into our life. Not easy but most often very rewarding. Thanks for your reflection. Blessings to you and yours! visiting via FMF)
ReplyDeleteneat to read how different leavings have impacted you as you reflected briefly on them.
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Congrats on writing every day. Leaving home awkwardly rang a bell for me. I did it awkwardly and my daughter did it awkwardly. Maybe it has to be that way. Happy Halloween from a FMF friend.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Melissa! Life is full of changes, isn't it? I have never regretted a single moment of my years of being home full time with my kids. I've watched them grow up and I think God grew me up in a lot of ways, too!
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Tammy ~@~
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ReplyDeleteI went from bar hopping and working in a bar almost 10 years to being a stay at home mom--- not wanting to be out all night so i could be home and see that sweet baby. would not trade it for anything
So many things come to mind for me with the word Leave. I personally have been through a lot of situations of people leaving in many negative ways in my life.
ReplyDeleteI am sure that when you moved out of your parents home, it never really would have been a good time (after all there aren't to many parents I know of that really want to see their kids grow up and move out (regardless how much they say otherwise.)
I love that you traded the sterile world for spit up! Isn't that the truth about raising children? It's messy, but oh so blessed.
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