New Beginnings

So it is now April, and we have already blasted through 3 months. I'm not sure where the time has gone. It seems like time flies when you have nothing to do. We have been going to appointments so much that it feels like my date book is my new best friend. However, it is nice to get out of the house. I love going out on car rides with Adam, even if it's just to the grocery store or to a doctors appointment. Some of the most important conversations we have had have taken place in my car.
 

It was like that with my Mom too. We spent a great deal of time in the car. Whether it was going to her treatments all summer, or going on little road trips. Or up to Newport for Chinese Food and cigarettes. We talked about all the things a normal mother and daughter would talk about. How certain friends at school were being idiots with their current boyfriends, when Adam was coming over next, and what I wanted to make for dinner for the next week. We covered a lot of ground in her truck.
 

At Easter, we had a great time. Most of the family was there and we did our usual egg hunt and dinner. DD even had some of her family there and it was really nice. I didn't realize what was missing until that moment. DD, in a way, was the missing link. For me, it was nice to see my family interacting with her and her family and accepting her. It has been almost a year and half since my mom left us and for once, it felt like it was okay to have another person giving me motherly love.
 

Now that it is April, it's time for the planting season. Time to pull all the pine needles off of the rose bushes and get things ready for a new beginning.  I think it's time that we did.