Hi, Friends.

Hi, friends. It's been a while, huh? A little over 3 months since my last post, and more than 6 months since I was posting regularly.

Life got a bit busy.

When I started Lines from Lithia in April 2013, my main occupation was stay at home mom. I was on one committee- school committee- and that met once a month. Fast forward 2 years, 4 months.

Currently I hold 3 part-time positions and am on 4 committees. I'm not really sure how that happened (well, I'm pretty sure it involved me saying "Yes", that I do know). Why that may sound a little crazy, here's the cool thing:

Each of the positions (Assistant town clerk, Council on Aging Newsletter Editor, Goshen Playgroup Co-Coordinator) directly impact my town, Goshen. The town I hold most dearly to my heart.

Same goes for the committees (School Committee, Goshen Historical Society, GHS Bylaws Committee, Cultural Council). Each of those are Goshen-related.

Anyone who has known me on a certain level also knows that this was one of my life goals. Simply put, I wanted to serve my town. Specifically, I wanted to serve Goshen. I take deep pride in this town where my descendents have always lived. I wanted to continue my family's tradition of giving and contributing.

I couldn't be more pleased with where my life is heading right now.

The best part for me is that I'm still a stay at home mom. I get to enjoy both worlds. My life became busier at the same moment that both of the kids were getting ready to head to big things- Kindergarten for Rosie, Preschool for Buddy.

I couldn't have said "Yes" to any of the above things if I didn't have the support of my husband. Steve has long known my goal of serving the town, and has been stellar at helping me achieve that goal. Several nights a month, he puts the kids to bed when I'm at meetings. The three of them have developed their own routine, and while it made me a little sad at first, I realized it was no different than the routines the kids and I have established all during the day while he's at school.

I've been good about making time for exercise and for being with friends and family. Now I want to make time for this space again, Lines from Lithia. I've missed it. I can't tell you how many blog posts I've started in my mind that I haven't been able to type yet. I want to tell you about the playground I helped build this spring, and about Rosie's deep conversations about Heaven. I want to tell you about a memory I have of my grandma's chipped coffee mugs and about Buddy's "girls".

I highly doubt I'll ever get back to 3 blog posts a week, but I am going to try to write again.

Cheers!