Duck Walk

If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck.

I was sitting here thinking about how different my life would be if I didn't have my little ones.

My older two are into full-swing teen life

and are starting to leave the nest a lot more.

It seems like friends, girlfriends, jobs, etc are taking them away 

from home a bit more each day.

I know this is normal and healthy and I am happy for them

because they are amazing, well adjusted, smart kids...

But I do miss them.

Had we not adopted the twins a few years ago,

much of my life would have been quiet and child-free now.

Quiet and child-free is not necessarily a bad thing in little doses,

but as my son enters his senior year and my daughter enters her sophomore year,

I know the time draws near when they will be out and on their own for good.

I would be getting ready to enter a totally new phase of my life

as an empty-nester within the next 3 years.

That is not so; however, thankfully.

The twins are just entering first grade and have a long time yet

to be home and grow into their own person.

They fill the house with chaos and noise and laughter

that otherwise I would be missing right now.

Their fresh, innocent perspective on worldly matters 

brings humor and light into my life during a time

when my older ones are pulling away becoming more independent.

I am not quite ready to be an empty-nester just yet,

but I have a feeling by the time we raise these two little ones

and have them leaving home, we will be ready for it.

But until then, I am thankful for the noise and chaos they bring to my life.

xo