So many transitions are happening in my world, some involving me, and some involving people I love. All of them are good, because life goes on, if we are lucky.

As you can see, the website is one of the things that has changed. I have scheduled a podcast to be released on Monday, August 19, at the usual time. I hope it works, but if it doesn’t, I hope I can fix it. I am learning the ropes of this new home, which is ever so much nicer than the old one. Still, it’s an adjustment. I beg your patience while we work out the inevitable kinks.

Tonight, we leave home to take my baby bird to her college dorm. That’s a big one. I won’t lie; I know I am going to cry, but happy tears will mix with the ones mourning the end of an era. I am so proud of my daughter as she embarks on this journey, and I am proud of myself, too. She feels ready to take this on, partially because I have taught her to be independent. Still, I will miss seeing her every day, and I have to recognize that my role in her life is shrinking dramatically.

This is real life, doing what it does. Going on. Changing. Forcing us to change, like it or not. I am decided that I will like it, because I choose to be happy. I hope she decides to like it, too.

Whatever change life is bringing to you, I hope you will embrace it, look for the good in it, and move confidently into the future.