Bittersweet

The last few weeks it has felt like Autumn. Warm days and cool nights and the kids went back to school this week. Here, in our small town of Cashmere, the Fire Department leads the seniors though the town to their first day of their last year. Sirens and lights, four by fours, cars, trucks, and any other vehicle the kids can round up..

I can’t tell you how many memories it brings back. Our oldest daughter graduated in 1995 and our youngest daughter in 2005. Our kids were raised in the woods, in the foothills of the Cascade mountains, but traveled all over the country with us., quite often missing 3-5 days of school. I was always sad when summer wound down and we had to let them go back to school. At a certain point in their lives, they needed to be allowed to stay home and have a regular school life, with friends and hot lunches…..

They learned marketing, retail, and social skills at hundreds of street fairs and art shows and now they run a successful online skincare business -Moody Sisters Skincare- using those skills and learning from our examples and from our mistakes.

We switched to online selling in 2009 when a recession took a toll on the art shows. It was hard to give up and to change our whole way of doing business. But…Working from home has so many advantages. Our commute is about 20 feet, no need to pack a lunch, and no worries if you forgot to take something out for dinner or throw the laundry in. After driving, setting up, selling, tearing down, and driving home again for over thirty years, we are pretty happy about it. So, while I miss traveling together, I really love being able to send funny memes, text, commiserate, and be inspired by my family.

Here’s to Fall, to finishing projects we started in June, to cool nights and crisp warm days.

A handmade mug of tea and a pottery plate of muffins.

Blue Green Large Handmade Mug Blue Green -- Handthrown Stoneware...

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