Trying Something NEW

Several of my blog friends are participating in the above 5 MINUTE FRIDAY assignment - and as a person who LOVES words, I really want to join in on the fun!

Here's what I'm going to do:

1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.
2. Link back there and invite others to join in.

Today's word is NEW:

As my almost-20-month old would say:  "Ready ... Go!":

Next week, Thursday, my two oldest kids will be going back to school - a NEW school year:  NEW school supplies, NEW teachers, NEW friends, NEW class mates ...

I always like a fresh start - like a Monday to start a diet or the end of a season to get out the next new season's clothes or the first day of a new month to start on a cleaning-out project ... birthdays mark a NEW year of life .. Things like that. 

NEW also sometimes means change ... Now, that I'm not always so kosher with ... If the change was MY idea, OK ... but if the change is being force on me, it takes me a while.  Sometimes I already establish in my mind that I WILL NOT LIKE IT ... and then I remember what I am always and forever telling my children:  just do it (whatever task you're not liking) joyfully because you HAVE TO DO IT ANYWAY, so you may as well not waste your time being miserable.  Was it Alice in Wonderland who told that smoking catepillar (??? help me, I can't remember the reference!!!) that she gives herself such very good advice but very seldom follows it ...

So, next week things will be NEW and DIFFERENT.  For my older kids, it will mean 6th grade and 8th grade ... for my baby it will mean being home without siblings ... and for me, it will mean adapting to the NEW schedule, the NEW school year, and all the changes that will bring.  And I will like it.  :)



Conny