Taking The Time To Slow Down

I met my husband online almost 18 years ago ... he lived in England and I lived in the US. After six months of calling and emailing each other everyday we decided to meet in person.  I flew out to England and he gave up everything he had there to come back home with me.

We were married a short time later.  He and I never once looked back and wondered if we were making a mistake. He is everything in the world to me and I would be lost without him.

Last week he became seriously ill and I began to fear the worst. All the things we had planned on doing together and never did because I was always too busy hit me like a ton of bricks. 

I had been living life at such a crazy pace since I began teaching twenty years ago. There never seemed to be enough hours in the day to get everything done that I wanted to get done.  But did I really need to get everything done? Was the world going to fall apart if I didn't complete all of my daily "to do list" goals?

As I sat in the hospital I made a promise to myself that I was going to slow down and change my priorities.  All of the "someday we will do that when I have the time" became "I have the time now".  

I'm cutting back on teaching for a little while and there will be some changes made to my website.  I will no longer post a daily printable ... art project ... or learning sheet.  I will instead be posting those items straight to the blog so be sure to check there for the latest materials added. There will still be new free and membership printables along with new videos and teaching ideas.  I hope you can understand why I am making these changes.

Thanks to the excellent care my husband received at the hospital he was able to come home yesterday and will begin his recovery.  I feel so blessed that we have been given more time together.  

I am usually a very private person but I wanted you all to know what was happening and about the changes I am making.  If you've made it this far thank you so much for taking the time to read this post!!