Stop this train

Yes, I am in fact still alive. It's been forever since my last post! A lot has happened since then......

You know that John Meyer song, Stop This Train?? (Right click here to open the song in a new tab) It's been one of my favorites lately. In the past 3 years I've had siblings get married, have babies and move across the country. I've graduated from college and applied to medical school. My parents moved after having to sell the house my mom loved so much. Change is sometimes hard and, more often than not, seems to happen when least expected. It often leaves me feeling like everything is thrown up in the air, knocking me off balance until I get used to my new reality. Despite the discomfort, I know change is necessary. It's what allows / forces me to learn and grow. Still, it's overwhelming sometimes. :-)

This song sort of explains how I feel about things. My favorite part is near the end:

Once in while, when it's good

it'll feel like it should

and they're all still around

and you're still safe and sound

and you don't miss a thing

'till you cry when you're driving away in the dark.

Singing stop this train I want to get off and go home again

I can't take the speed it's moving in

I know I can't

Cause now I see I'll never stop this train

Reminds me of going home to visit, more specifically - the feeling I get when all the goodbye's are said and home and family are in my rear-view mirror. My family is growing up. We're starting to spread out and the times we are all together are becoming fewer and farther between. It's hard to see the close of one chapter of my family's life, but at the same time I'm excited to see what the next chapter will bring.