Change

We’re now about two weeks into February and it’s hard to believe how fast the time is flying by.  It’s hard to believe that in just 50 days, we’ll be moving and in 53 days Zach will be starting his new school.  On Monday, I emailed his current teacher to let her know that we’ll be moving and he’ll be switching school districts.  She replied to my email sincerely and with compliment: “I will be sad to see Zach go--he is such a great student and awesome helper!...I will try to think of some way for the kids to say good-bye before he leaves…. Congratulations on your new home and good luck to all of you and especially on your new little one”.  This makes me sad and I realize that not only are Dan and I going through big changes, but the kids are too.  I remember switching schools in 9^th grade and that was tough.  I don’t know what it’ll be like for a fourth grader.  The only good I see in the switching of the schools is that when Amber starts kindergarten in the fall, her and Zach will be in the same school (at least for a year).  Whereas, here in Westland, Zach’s elementary school ends at fourth grade and he would have started the lower middle school in the fall.  I'm happy that Zach will be able to sort of "keep an eye" an Amber during her first year of school.  I also know that Zach is very sociable and he seems to adapt to change well, so even though he’s leaving his friends and his classmates, my hope is that he’ll meet and make even more friends in the new neighborhood and school district.