Sundays with April

Happy Sunday! ☀️

It’s been a fun but hard month for me over here.

I packed and drove my daughter up for her senior year of college this past week and I have a lot of feelings about it.

I rented the U-Haul, loaded it up with all of her things, and we set out for our drive. The same drive I have made countless times.

Only this time it was different.

See, she is my last baby of 4, and this is her SENIOR year of college! I will never be moving her back to school again.

As I got off the highway and started driving towards campus, a whole slew of emotions came over me and I started to cry.

It would be my last time ever driving into this college town with her like this.

I have raised 4 humans and gotten them through so many things as I helped them transition them from children to adults, and she is my last one.

This chapter of motherhood is coming to an end.

She will get a job and begin the rest of her life.

She will move somewhere that I hope is selfishly close.

I won’t ever have a parents’ weekend, or drive up during finals to take her to lunch and coffee, just to give her a break.

And the realization of all of this overwhelmed me and sent me into tears.

It is a big year for her, but it is also a big year for me.

So many changes have happened in such a short amount of time. Becoming a widow, an empty nester, a grandmother and turning 50 all in one year was a lot to process.

And now this. This happening now, when I am just gaining some balance back in my life, is exciting and sad for me at the same time and just one more thing thing to process.

My last baby becoming a real adult.

But don’t worry, I am not there yet!

She still doesn’t know what she doesn’t know. She calls me to ask me how to do this or that.

I have to call her to remind her to do this or that.

I still have to go into her online portal to check up and see what is going on at school because she forgets to tell me.

So, for now, I am still basking in this chapter of my motherhood glory.

And this big purple sofa in the U-Haul? After trying as hard as we could, we could NOT get this sofa into the apartment. And it is SO heavy!!

So I had to bring it all the way back home and it is sitting in my garage.

This chapter is not over yet!

Let me know if any of this is familiar to you.

Another big thing happened two weekends ago…..

My bestie’s daughter, Maddy, got married!

And these friends all did so much to help bring Maddy’s dream wedding to life!

I have known Maddy since she was a baby and it is the happiest I have ever seen her.

And the mother of the bride, my bestie Kim, was the most radiant she has ever been in her life (and I have known her since middle school).

We went to a little town called Buena Vista, tucked in the mountains here in Colorado.

We stayed at the Surf Hotel was right on the river and it was like stepping into something charming and French, with decor pulled right out of the 20s or 30s.

I went a few days early to help put together the flowers and just do anything they needed done.

With a servant heart, that is when I am most happy.

We were there for 5 days and let me say, what an amazing venue!

You can see video of the venue and the weekend over on my instagram.

What about my projects?

I am getting ready to finish the doors on the custom cabinet I built in the office. Hopefully this coming week!

Here is a little sneaky peek! They still need to be filled, sanded and painted.

But I can’t wait to share the process of making these doors with you!

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• I gave this to my Dad for his birthday and he LOVES it!
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• I used this on my daughter’s college mattress. I was shocked at what I saw!
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I hope that this Sunday finds you well and that your cup is full today.

Fall is my favorite season and I can’t believe it is fast approaching!

Tell me: Does the end of summer make you sad? If not, what is your favorite season?

Either way, enjoy these last bits of summer!