School is coming to a close for the year and my kids will be home for the summer. I had this great thought to write about the concept of "snippets of self care" because so many of us both work and have our kids home over the summer. Our time to ourselves might become so limited and having the patience and time for handling it all could decrease. So we need quicker ways to calm and settle ourselves when we're in it with the kids. That was my thought. But then I noticed a heaviness, a longing to cry. What was going on? And then it came to me. An ENDING was what was going on.

This is the last week of my nearly five year old's time in a lovely home day care. He went from a super clingy not quite two year old we never thought we could leave with anyone else to a confident kid with many friends. So yes, there's that. Also, side note, tears are currently falling down my face. I think too about how this feels like a closure on my kids being little. Both of mine went to in home daycares and when we left their first one because we were moving from Colorado to Nebraska it felt like the hardest thing about leaving. We have landed into two little families who took our kids in and loved them up. And while I am so excited and proud of my youngest for this growing up, this transition into what's next, I feel all the feels.

I remember what I said to my now husband as I was ending graduate school, something taught me at the university I attended. "Honor the transition." And that's what the heaviness I'm feeling in my body may be signaling me to do. My body is begging me to feel, hold, listen, and tune in. Something amazing has happened in your young one's life. Take a moment. Breathe. Remember. Cry. Smile. Tune in to what is being asked. I'm taking the time now to feel. I hope you find the time to honor all the transitions you have going on in your life right now.

Maybe next week we can talk about how you get through the summer. ;)