Going Back

One of my favorite parts of the day is the early morning car ride on the days I take my son to school. Typically, this is the first day of school and the two days during the week he has FCA. I love our early morning conversations, and sometimes getting to watch the sunrise as we drive across the bridge. This time last year, we had just relocated to Charleston from Georgia, and had only been here for a couple months. After meeting several boys during that time and playing on a new travel ball team, he was starting school already having established some new friendships.  He loved Charleston, and his new buddies. But as I took him to school for his first day, he looked out over the marsh and simply stated, "If Garrett (his BFF) could move here, my life would be complete."  

This weekend, our family had the opportunity to go back to Georgia to visit with some of our nearest and dearest friends.  The boys got to hang out together and go to a couple events with old school and baseball friends. My husband and I got to spend time with our old circle of friends that we have missed dearly over the last year. We got caught up with lots of laughter and hugs.  We got to celebrate a new life (that is due in December) and enjoy the gift of friendship.  The "going back" just made it that much more special, the hugs a little tighter and long-lasting, and the laughter that had us in tears, that much more spectacular!

The thing is:  "Going back" is a blessing.  Relocating to Charleston has been amazing. We love the new friendships we have established, the community, our jobs, our new baseball family, the beautiful sunsets over the water, etc.  We didn't MOVE our circle----we just made it BIGGER! When our friends come to visit, we get to share all that is new to us:  Our new friends, the beaches, sunsets....all the Charleston offerings that are available to us every day!

So as I dropped my son off for school this morning for his last "first day of school" as a middle school student, I  reminded him of what he had said the year before, and how much bigger our circle is this year.  I thought about the old belief, "You can never go back," and how much I disagree.  You can ALWAYS go back! Back to school, back to work, back home, back to visit, back to the beginning.....And by going back, there is an added component of excitement that goes beyond the day-to-day routine. Watching William going back to school, walking inside the building with his new Charleston friends, I have to smile and be thankful, not only for our day-to-day experiences, but also for the opportunities we have to "go back".   

Lovin' Life in the Lowcountry,

Janie

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