{"id":702,"date":"2007-08-17T11:16:28","date_gmt":"2007-08-17T18:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=702"},"modified":"2007-08-17T11:16:28","modified_gmt":"2007-08-17T18:16:28","slug":"transitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=702","title":{"rendered":"Transitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we have been transitioning back into our &#8216;school&#8217; schedule.  DH, J1 &amp; J3 are back to commuting to school in another community and J2 and I are home.  It&#8217;s been hitting me very hard.  I&#8217;ve been very sad.  At first I thought it was because it&#8217;s quieter here &#8211; and I turned up the music \ud83d\ude09 &#8211; but then I realized it&#8217;s during times like this that I get a sense of &#8216;what might have been&#8217;.  And, that is making me sad.<\/p>\n<p>The practical side of me reminds me that it&#8217;s a huge time waster to ponder things beyond my control.<\/p>\n<p>My spiritual side wants me to focus on what I have and what I&#8217;ve learned on this journey.<\/p>\n<p>My selfish side simply screams that it&#8217;s not fair.<\/p>\n<p>My fearful side is afraid to look too closely at the emotions for fear of falling in and never getting out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=702\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D702&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Transitions%20\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=702\" data-text=\"Transitions \" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Transitions \" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=702\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=702\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Transitions%20&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D702&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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