Not to you guys!  No worries there!  It’s just that this particular kewlteam member is going home this weekend to say goodbye to the house she grew up in.  It will definitely be sad, because even though there were the usual amount of fights, and misunderstandings and stuff that goes along with growing up, there were also a LOT of good times!  And the view from the house ain’t so shabby either!  It was always there to come home to, when I went away as an exchange student, during college, and after, when I moved away.  My parents lived there for 52 years! (Yeah, they are a bunch older!)

Even though it will definitely be sad - and weird, since there’s nothing left in the house - I have a lot to be thankful for.  Growing up in that house was a blessing.  We had the bay and a bike path in front of the house, open hills for climbing behind the house, and a neighborhood full of kids for mounting massive games of cops and robbers or capture the flag.  We rode our bikes, dug up indian soap plants and ate indian chewing gum (the spongy inside of anise stalks and their seeds), played mud soccer on rainy days, and always came home to watch the sun set over the mountain from our front deck.  It was never the same twice.

So look around you, and find a little time to be grateful for the things you get to experience now.  Part of growing up is having to say goodbye to them sooner or later.  You usually don’t get to choose when, so enjoy it now!

Have a great weekend!

theKEWLteam

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