A look back

It has been over 3 months since the big move to Cincinnati and boy, a lot has happened! As, I drove home from school today on one of the Kentucky back roads I kept thinking about how far I have come. Not just me, but the whole family. We arrived here in the heat of summer and now all the trees are turning a nice red and orange. Three months may not be long but it sure seems like forever ago. 


I use to get annoyed by all the boxes in the house. They would just sit in the same place for days even weeks. They were a vivid reminder that I had moved. Everything was so new. New school, town, city, neighborhood...everything! I admit my attitude was bad at times. I remember the first night in the house. I hated everything. I hated that boxes where all over my room. I hated that my room had bedazzled butterflies on the walls. I hated the house, the town, the state, and at times I hated that I was with my family. I just wanted to be alone. I wanted to process everything. 


Now, fast forward to today. There are no boxes. There are no bedazzled butterflies on my wall. The house feels more like ours. I am getting to know my way around town. I have friends. 


Big difference, huh? I would say yes. 


Everybody told me it was going to take time. My response to everybody was that in my book time was overrated! Well, ya'll are right. :) Time has passed and it feels better. I feel better. I can walk down the hallway and smile to people. I can open up to people. I can start to be Maggie around people. Moving is big. In my mind moving is changing your world upside down. You get a new reality and a new normal. Well, I think I can finally say that I am starting to warm up to my new Kentucky normal and reality. Yes, this wasn't in my plan but God had a different plan. I can't tell you why God moved my family here and I may never be able to tell you but I can tell you one thing. I am starting to become more at peace with God's plan. 


It is funny how the pain of missing Memphis is becoming less painful when I started to realize that this is what I have been handed so, why don't I suck it up and learn to love it like I love Memphis. So, I am sucking it up and embracing Kentucky ways. 


Taking a look back 3 months gives me hope. We have all come a long way. How will we be in 3 more months? By then, we will be at the 6 month mark. Crazy to think about it. Time passes by fast. Wouldn't you rather spend it laughing that crying? I would. I have started to change my ways and it has made all the difference. So, as of today I am looking back and smiling. I am smiling at how much progress the whole family has made and I am smiling at the future. 


Happy fall ya'll :)