Transition … Are you moving forward or holding onto the past?

“How can you know what you’re capable of if you don’t embrace the unknown?” – Emeralda Santiago This week we had a big transition in my household.  We took my son off to college, moved him into his dorm, and he started summer school.  Mentally I have known for the last 18 years this was coming, so you would have thought I was ready.  However sometimes thinking you are ready for something and actually being ready are two very different things.  Some things you just have to do, and as much as you want to. you can’t really prepare for them.  You don’t have a choice.  You don’t get to pick the timing.  A transition may happen if you like it or not, so then the only question is how do you deal with it?  What courage do you need to have to [...]