Changes are coming

I recently registered both boys for preschool this coming fall. That's right, both boys. Ethan will be going five half days a week to the same school he's been going to but the state will pay for it this year (yay!) and Ian will go two mornings a week starting in November. It's a ways off yet but it feels like my life will be changing. Just when Ethan had gotten independent and out of the baby stage, I had another baby. So in thinking about them both being at school together I've realised that the baby caring stage of my life will soon be over. There is certainly some sadness to it because we are really enjoying the stage Ian is in now but it also means some increased freedom for me. Two mornings a week does not afford me much time at all but I hope that maybe I can get back in to going to the women's bible study at church (they don't have a sitter so I've not gone since Ian was a little one). I've also been talking with our pastor about ministry opportunities I can be involved with, hopefully using the license I continue to pay for:) Having them in school has also gotten me thinking about hobbies and activities I once enjoyed prior to kids. I used to love to write poetry and have a whole notebook of old ones I've written in the past. It would be fun to get back into that. When Ian starts kindergarten and assuming I'm not homeschooling, I would really like to take some seminary classes (hopefully my husband isn't reading this because he frequently reminds me of the cost of my master's degree that I haven't used in almost years). But I really miss all the bible courses we took in college and would love to get back into that again. So I can see some changes in my life on the horizon and wonder what God has in store for me?