Change...

With all the "firsts" Lisa and I have been dealing with, and will deal with for most of the year.. it got me thinking about change. Change can be hard! But without change we are not growing, without growing we are dieing. The last part of that comes from my great grandmother Danie. She always said that the day you stop learning is the day you start dieing, as I have grown up I can see how true that is. As a kid learning is a given, you are always learning. Then when you finish school you think you are done learning, but the real learning is just starting (more about learning/school in later blogs.. as both Lisa and I have thoughts about that)
What has been sticking with me the last few days is how change is painful, fun, stressful... the range of emotions that it causes. Loosing our dads is the unpleasant side, watching the kids grow up is the fun side... we both want to keep working on learning and growing so we don't stagnant and start dieing. The things we have done just in the last year have proven that we are doing just that! In the last year we have done a lot with our business (not making money as much as learning) we have done things outside to improve our house. We have done a lot of work to the inside of the house to improve function. We almost have a functioning craft room. We have put in time and energy to spritual learning (and always feel like we need more time on that one). We are always putting in time and energy to helping the kids learn. We are putting in time and energy into relationships, both romantic and non. All this has changed us, but I think we are better people now than a year ago...

What started my thinking on this..