Turning the Page on Another Chapter

You know, I love my new cat. I've never met a cat that loved people like Willow does. She has changed my sleeping pattern, that's for sure. Her whiskars up my nose at 1 a.m. are annoying, but this just means that she's in my face looking for my attention. Her cold nose on my lips in the wee hours of the morning are a sure-fire way of getting my attention. That rough cat tongue on my cheek...yep, sure-fire. The way she drapes her body over my head, yep, that gets my attention too. Ok, so now that I'm awake...I figure I might as well do something productive...like check Facebook or email. How pathetic.

Oh, before I forget, I started this post to talk a little bit about the close of another chapter in this story of life. Our 22 year old son, Justin will be moving back home with us over the next couple of days. I've been working this last week on cleaning out his bedroom which had become more of a "climate controlled" storage closet which has worked out rather nice for some of those things we didn't want to keep in the barn storage room. Things stay cleaner inside somehow. Oh well, it needed to be cleaned out, that's for sure. Justin will live here until he can find another job and get some of his bills paid. This last year and a half, maybe 2 years has been interesting. Disappointingly interesting, but I suppose it was meant to be. Things happen for a reason and everything that happens shapes us into who we are today. We're all in a process of growth and discovery, no matter our age. We'll make the best of these days as well. Hopefully, we can be supportive and use this time together again to reconnect and I see it as another opportunity to help him set and reach for goals he had set for himself before "she" came around. It's amazing to me how the female species can flip the male species topsy turvy then walk away like nothing ever happened, leaving him standing there shaking his head and wondering what just hit him. I think, in the end, this move will be good for Justin and I'm looking forward to having him around again.

Now, I'm going to go find Willow and give her a big fat kiss on the nose! Maybe I'll find something to stick up her nose while she sleeps?

Until next time...