Anything can happen child...

I only have two days left at home before I go back to school. I said goodbye to the children I've been watching for over three years now. I obviously couldn't watch them while I was at school last year and it was really tough. It's really hard not being able to watch them grow up. I watched them five days a week this summer and they're honestly like family to me. Going back to school is so much different for me this year. Not to over-exaggerate, but I feel like I'm tearing myself in half. Part of my heart is staying home with my mother, the kids, and my best friend. Last year the newness of college overshadowed what I was missing from home, at least until the end of the year when it started to hit me. I can't feel completely whole anymore because all the things and people I love are spread apart. I know I'll have to deal with this for a majority of my life, but I'd like to think far in the future I'll be able to work and live near the people I love. Nothing will separate us anymore. I'm only an hour from home, too. It seems silly to be thinking about this. 

Hopefully once I'm back at school these blog posts will become less dark haha I'm sure they will.

I don't really have anything else to add today. I have a Shel Silverstein poem to end my post with for today. I hope you enjoy it, and I really hope you know who Shel Silverstein is.

Thanks for reading,

Goodnight

- NC

Listen to the MUSTN'Ts child,

Listen to the DON'Ts.

Listen to the SHOULDN'Ts,

The IMPOSSIBLEs, the WON'Ts.

Listen to the NEVER HAVEs,

Then listen close to me--

Anything can happen child,

ANYTHING can be.

- Shel Silverstein.