In Between Seasons

I get an email newsletter from a cute local touristy farm and shop. I don't actually get the chance to visit it often but I continue to subscribe to their emails because the writing they include is so thoughtful and inspiring. 

They recently talked about in between seasons and the produce that comes between spring and summer. 

But "in between seasons". I wanted to settle on that phrase for a bit more pondering.

Summer is it's own season in itself, but as a parent, it is a bit of an in between season when you have kids in school. 

I'm in between having two kids at home with me now which will be changing to just one kid at home in the fall (I'm so sad about this by the way).

I'm in between saying our goodbyes to beloved teachers who invested so much for my kids this past year and anxiously await to hear, meet, and get to know new ones.

I'm in between being at home all the time to bringing my baby sidekick along for the ride for all the big kid things to come.

In between seasons feels like a time of slow transition. I often love the lull after the holidays - the Christmas season is over but we have the slow days of winter that linger. It is a quiet break before the next thing.

I used to love looking ahead to whatever is next. But I have learned to actually feel quite comfortable in the in between. 

Growing up it was the next step in schooling, getting a job, becoming an adult, getting married, having kids...and for us it was moving (and having a baby) and moving (and having another baby) again. All this uprooting and adjusting. It was good and right and exciting. 

But there isn't much new on the horizons for us (at least that I know of!). And I am quite happy in this in between. Brent and I are raising kids and surviving on 8 pm grown up chats, ice cream bars, and a favorite show. And it is the highlight of my day! 

I don't mind the in between. There will be big days to come for our kids and for ourselves, I am sure. But until then I want to take these in between days slowly. Let them be what they are and all their glory.