February

So, February has arrived and with it comes Valentine's Day, a deployment, and a birthday! My sweet little Bella will be 2 this month! I can hardly believe it! It seems weird to me that I am no longer in the baby making business, but have moved on to the baby raising business! I have 5 beautiful children- it's so weird. Now that I am moving on to this next phase of my life, I find myself wondering what my purpose is now. I would compare it to the Returned Missionary after they have come home, graduated from college, gotten married, and now what??? Your life is so scripted up until then. I think I am going back to school to finish that unfinished degree I started so many years ago. (I am, also,going to be, once again, homeschooling my children.) Now that Courtney is old enough to watch her siblings, she has graciously agreed to watch them while I have classes. I still have yet to apply, and I am hoping that it hasn't been so long that nothing I did is valid anymore, but we'll see.
So, wish me luck on this next stage of the adventure we call life!