In-Between Seasons

August slipped away into a moment in time ✨

Summer & Fall

August is technically still summer. The calendar insists it is. But for me, the moment school starts, something shifts. Summer starts to feel like it’s slipping away - even though fall hasn’t fully arrived.

So where does that leave us - when August has come and school has started but September and the cooler weather aren’t quite here yet?

In-between.

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My In-Between

These last few weeks, I’ve felt that same in-between feeling not just in the seasons, but in my own life.

In between a dream and the ability to make it a reality. In between an apartment and a house. In between a marriage and a house full of kids.

Being in between doesn’t mean I’m not grateful for my dreams, my apartment, or my marriage - I am so incredibly grateful. I know not all that long ago I felt in between having a boyfriend and a husband, or living in my parent’s house and having my own place.

I can look back and see the answered prayers I am now living in.

It’s the tension of being incredibly grateful for where you’ve come from, yet still hopeful and moving toward the future you want to create.

In counseling, they call it the idea of ‘yes and.’ For some reason, we often feel like things have to be black and white. This or that.

But it doesn’t always have to be.

Yes, I’m thankful for our apartment - and I dream of having our own home.

Yes, I’m grateful for our marriage - and I look forward to when our family grows beyond the two of us.

I can be grateful and expectant. Satisfied and searching.

I can be in between. And maybe you can too.

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Take care,

Caroline