Recently my daughter Maggy left a job in Cambridge, Maryland to work in New Castle, Delaware. She and Roger are going to be moving near Smyrna, and this job came up (a bit before she was ready for it to)....so Monday to Friday, she stays here, in a tiny corner of my glass room, with a little bit of storage space and a tv with only Hulu and Netflix on it. She misses Roger terribly....but it all happened so fast. Within two days she had accepted the job and given her notice. She's not a girl who does well on the fly; she's her mother's daughter. Things need to be planned and happen according to plan. Life seems to laugh at us.
I think about split second decisions that have impacted my life and those who I love. Meeting Richard changed everything. I was ready to take the children and move to Rochester, NY to take a job with Kodak in the corporate offices. I had interviewed and I was looking for a place to live. Then I met him and absolutely everything changed. I took a split second and made a decision to get a tatoo in 1986...and wound up with Hepatis C that impacted my life for the years that followed.
Do you ever stop and think about why you go right instead of left? Why certain feelings keep you from doing what you think you should....and what happens when you don't (or do) go ahead. Minutes, seconds. Days. Weeks. Everything changes.
This past Saturday Roger and Maggy went to look at houses. They found one they both loved, and now they've put in an offer. Looks like the offer is going to be accepted. They are both terrified. But excited. And it happened so fast. There were tears because they might not get the house....and there were tears because they might get the house. Life is changing so darn fast.
I went by the house on Monday, to look at it. It's adorable with lots of potential. Best part for me was a few strands of milkweed growing in the back yard. I took it as a sign.
A good sign.
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