Last Night

Tonight is the last night in our house.  A house we have called "home" for six years.  We have had six Christmas trees in this house and celebrated many birthdays.  When we first moved in we had three children; ages 3, 1.5, and 6 weeks old.  My daughter learned to crawl in this house, and then walk.  This was the house two of our children came home to us in, through the blessing of adoption.  I went out tonight and sat on my front porch and looked at all the neighbors houses and cried.  It was windy and the street was eerily calm.  If you know our street you know it is never calm.  There are always kids out playing and I know my kids will miss that so much.  As I sat there I thought this is the last time I could sit on this porch at 11 pm, without getting the cops called on me : )  It's such an odd feeling to stand in an almost empty house and remember the good times shared, hear the laughter and tears,  smell the holiday baking of the past, and feel the joy that has been ours here for the past six years.  I am happy for this next step in our lives and am thankful that we can keep up the friendships we have made.  And I am blessed that the 7 of us can have a new adventure together.  For J newly home and for us all, it's a good reminder of what family is. How lots of things can change around us, but family is always there.  May the Lord bless this move and help our family with this change.  I know we will fill the new house with many more memories and good times shared.