Change is good??? Right...

Before we moved from our beautiful mountainous town that was home for ten years for the great unknown, everyone said that change is good.

 For the most part change is good.

 How do you explain that to children that have difficulty with change and thrive with routine?

 Very carefully...

 We had been packing for a couple of months and in the process explaining the process and the children were actually getting excited for the new adventure.

 But was I?

 I really felt at home in our beautiful resort city, in fact, I called it home. My children were all settled in school, had almost daily therapies, and we had a routine. I loved living in a small town where you ran into someone you knew every place you went. You would strike up a conversation with a clerk at the grocery store, you would run into your children's doctor with their children, and the coffee shop visit was like visiting your best friend.

 I think I kept my feelings bottled up inside of me because I did not want to ruin the joy my husband felt from getting his promotion that was the reason for the move.

 Moving day came and I had my car packed to the gills (literally). I did not have the energy to cry when I left town, mostly because I was sore and exhausted! We were on our way to our new "home" (I say that loosely because my mountainous town was home). We moved from the mountains to farm country. I have lived in Idaho for ten years and before that, I have come to Idaho off and on since I can remember. But... I have never been to this part of the state, potato country. So we traded our mountain snow to WIND! There is snow here, but not as much as the mountains, but boy is it windy, almost EVERY day!

 It is nice to have a Walmart that is five minutes away instead of two hours away. If you need something from the store, instead of wondering if the two local stores have it, you can just make a quick trip to Walmart.

 So, some change has its advantages.

 To be continued...