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| First the DAR HQ bldg then the museum |
One year ago today my life blew apart. My boys and I were in Washington, DC for DAR Continental Congress and a family vacation. I had a busy day ahead and needed to get going but when I rolled over and looked at my husband before getting out of bed, I knew something was wrong. It was my first Congress and I was so excited to be there. I really didn’t welcome the distraction but I made him tell me. Whatever he was holding onto was too big to let ride. “It’s Atlanta,” he said and I remember rolling the other direction and looking at our son sleeping soundly across the room. Our son who turned down Alabama and Baylor and decided to go to Indiana University so he could be closer to home. We’d just purchased a new boat and were so excited for dinner cruises with friends. We had a list of people we couldn’t wait to spend time with. We were planning a move now that school districts didn’t matter and were looking at property on the lake. We were planning our marathon anniversary party – 26.2. I’d just been named Regent of my DAR chapter and was surrounded by a group of women I adored. To say I had big plans is an understatement. As it turned out, less than 50 days later my heart stayed behind while the rest of my life moved 600 miles away.
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| Sweet CSH friends at the Indiana Rm. |
Continental Congress is bittersweet for me this year because things should be different. I should be home, close to my family and friends, instead of 10 hours away trying to build a new life. But the one thing that isn’t different is DAR. I started researching chapters and sending emails before we moved and the minute I could attend a meeting here in my new hometown, I was there. That was almost a year ago and guess what? Today I find myself surrounded by a group of women I adore. Women who welcomed me with open arms instead of looking at me like a stranger even though that’s exactly what I was. Because of DAR I have friendships and connections and a purpose to help anchor this new life I’m building. #sharemydarcc20 #darcc20
