Reality is setting in.

Well we have been in Peoria for a little over a month now and it is starting to finally set in that this is our new "home". Up until now it has kind of felt like I was on vacation and that we would head back to Kansas City any day now so that I could start getting my classroom ready for the fall. It really hit me today when I talked with some of my "teacher friends" from KC and they were all at a summer retreat meeting. It's funny because I always hated going to this meeting because it meant that summer was almost over and school was about to start. I never imagined that I would one day miss this meeting! I really miss the people that I taught with and know that this fall will feel a little different because I won't be at school with them. I am so blessed for the friendships and bonds that we built over the past 3 years and I know that they will continue in the future. Sometime the present reality is a hard thing to swallow, but I am a strong believer that everything happens for a reason.