Moving “Out” of your comfort zone…..

“Out,” being the theme over at FFF.

I had all sorts of things that went through my head with that theme-

the most significant, being, of course,

when both of our adopted babies got OUT of PGN

(the part of the Guatemalan government that used to

supervise/approve international adoptions).

Forever the word “OUT” holds joy I cannot hope to describe, but if you are another lucky parent of a Guat tot or two (or more), you know exactly what I felt! The closest I can come is that it’s like finally the hearing the “Halleluiah Chorus,” when that is the only reason you went to the performance of the “Messiah.” Makes you want to stand on your feet & shout for joy!

But, for me, the word “out” also brought to mind this week that we are

“moving out of our comfort zone” in the Dillon family.

We have been on a homeschooling journey since Ana began kindergarten in the Fall of 2006.

That road is taking a slight bend this coming Fall.

YIKES!!!

She has been enrolled in a part time charter school.

Language, Spanish, Art, PE & Music will all now be taught in school.

All the other kids in her classroom will also be

part-time charter school/part-time homeschooled.

Can you hear me breathing a big sigh of relief?

All these things (besides the Language) have been getting harder

& harder for me to squeeze in with two babies in the house.

Can you also hear me shedding silent tears?

Just Kidding!

(sort of! WINK!)
I know I will shed them come August!

So…..two mornings a week,

my 8 year old baby girl will be going off to school for the first time.

I know, I know……you’re probably thinking,

“Just let her grow up!”

& I am…….

But I don’t have to like it a whole bunch!!!

(Don’t worry-she PROBABLY won’t see the tears next fall!)