What I miss, what I don't miss, what I love

What I miss:

• going out to lunch and coffee with friends
• knowing all my neighbors and living around people in the same boat as me and my family
• daily coffee hour after chapel
• having a number of babysitters who understand and know how to deal with my boys
• the kids' youth room
• being known by my first name instead of by "Pastor"
• the school and teachers from the boys' former school - knowing them and being known by them
• the relationships, relationships, relationships
  
• the income of student loans, grants and scholarships
• knowing how to get everywhere, knowing how long it takes to get anywhere, and being able to run errands in the town in which I live
• being intellectually stimulated by brilliant people on an almost daily basis
  

What I don't miss:

• the student housing dishwasher from the 80s
• the small living space
• traffic (ok...there wasn't much there, but there's even less here)
  
• living in rental housing
  
• the chaotic schedule of being a student, wife and mom

What I love:

• my congregation
• my new dishwasher (from this century!)
• the freedom I have over my schedule
• the colleagues in my text study group
• living with all my grown up furniture that's been in storage for 3+ years
• getting paid for doing something I love
• having colors other than Castle Ice Cream on the walls of my home!