FMF: Change

This week's Five Minute Friday word is Change. Here we go:

"The world is changing. I can feel it in the air....."
Or something like that is the quote from Lord of The Rings, and just about sums up how I feel right now.
As soon as I got home from the lake, I could feel it. A change in the air. Maybe it was just my perception heightened by the fact that we usually go to the lake toward the end of summer, but it feels like autumn now. And strangely enough, I am ready for it. I didn't think I would be. Not after the lousy bit of summer we had here in the pacific northwest. But I am. Maybe it's the fact that we usually have beautiful "Indian Summers" around here. Maybe it's the fact that Autumn has always been my favorite time of year. Maybe it's just being ready for the change that a new season inevitably brings.
I like change in moderation, and in the right circumstances. Like when it's something I like, or I am in control of it. But change can also be very, very challenging and painful. At least the seasons are a change to look forward, each season having something special to do with it.
There is a lot of changing that happens with being a mom. Watching the kids grow and change. Going through different "seasons" of life with those kids, or with your husband. Going through changes in your own body. At lease the seasons of nature are more or less predictable.

There you have it for this week. Check out what other people have written about Change at Five Minute Fridays!!!