Is it possible that winter is going to pass us by in Florida? Last year, it was really cold. This year, it has been~ in my estimation, at least~ perfectly mild. Warm enough during the day to have the house open AND enjoy some time in the sun. Cool enough at night to leave the windows open and get the kind of sleep that is simply not possible in the summer months. I love air conditioning but it just can’t simulate the breezy, cool temps of a Florida winter night.
This morning, my career girl walked out of the house into the cool air to report for her first day of training at USAA. She’s had a lot of jobs in her relatively young life with the first being at Hollister while just a junior in high school (that job ended up costing me money). Throughout college, she has dabbled with a teller position, a fitness center something or other, an animal shelter assistant, a waitress at a high-end beer establishment and the highly unfortunate, yet highly lucrative, serving of chicken wings.
Yeah…well, I did the same thing. I worked at jobs I hated, jobs I loved, jobs that paid nothing and jobs that paid too much considering all I had to do was stand and look pretty. Haven’t we all? So it was with a real sense of pride that I watched her grab her coffee cup and lunch and walk through the door~ on her way to a career.
As I watched her walk down the walkway to her car, I couldn’t help but remember her first day of kindergarten in Jacksonville… her first day of middle school in California…her first day of high school in Virginia…and packing her up for her freshman year of college.
It’s funny and sad and beautiful how memories flood us sometimes as we do something as simple as watch someone walk away.
Blessings,
Amy
Beautiful
Thank you, friend 🙂