Childhood living is easy to do

 I miss writing. Also, as it turns out, I have time for writing now. 

My life is looking... unfamiliar... lately. I'm not in that overwhelmingly busy go, go, go stage. Two years ago, I was serving as PTA President, completing my Bachelor's Degree, and serving in the Young Women's Presidency in my ward while also raising two small humans who needed me a fair amount. Now those small humans are much more self-sufficient. I haven't driven carpool once this year. I mean, yes, we just finished the first week of school- but things are different. I'm PTA Council President this year, but it's honestly a smaller role. I'm being released from Young Women soon. I've been done with my degree for over a year and I'm still not sure what I want to do with it. 

I've applied for a couple different jobs. I don't NEED a job, necessarily, but I'm feeling a little bit lost and it seems like a job might help me feel more tethered to something. 

My girl started middle school last week. It's where things start to feel more complicated. I'm already seeing the complexities entering her friendships, and I'm hoping that by the grace of God she'll be able to navigate all of those changes in a better way than I did. Frankly, I don't know how much help I'll be as I am still trying to figure out the complexities of adult friendships and how they evolve through the seasons of life. 

I'm grateful for the all-season friends. They have seen me through some crazy things, and they've held tight even when I've been in a pulling away season. I'm finding that there are some friends I want to know better- people I feel like I've known for years, but who I know at "mom level" where what we've talked about has been shared experiences with our kids- not so much about our own experiences. I think I'd like to do more of that. 

I wonder how many people know about me the things I used to know about my closest friends... Things like my favorite color, favorite movie, peeves, what I want to be when I grow up... I don't know those things about too many people myself, but I think I'd like to.