30 days...The nervous Anticipation Begins...

So. Here we are.  Much emotion in this final month before my only child  ends her  high school career.  Holding back on the tears for now, and trying to focus on all the joy and what we are grateful for is honestly a struggle today. I have just lit four candles for our friends in South Dakota, he in the  last days of his heroic struggle with cancer, his wife and daughters (one who will also graduate in a few short weeks)..are so much weaved into our thoughts this week.

  We are franticaly trying to tie up loose ends. Katrina's last IB test done. Several class projects done. My mom  (who has been staying with us while recovering) is headed  home for a few days to plant her garden. Keith takes his last final for his certificate in Sustainability @ Baldwin Wallace tonight. Sure signs of growth, and health and Spring!

I am trying to spend time making grad presents ,lots of them..  and planning for  proms, and our church bridging ceremony, and  many other celebrations..  Each  small step in this process gives me a pause for reflection. ... Memories flood in and will fuel my joy and creativity...
It certainly has been and will be .. a month of tremendous joys and concerns....