For the past few years, I have been able to be at a fitness class within five minutes of leaving my house. I have also been able to drive to a Trader Joe's, Costco, World Market, and most of my other favorite stores in under 15 minutes. This past year, I have been able to WALK (or run) my son to the daycare (housed at the church that we have attended). Today I went to the gym for the last time, picked my son up from his last day at daycare, and said goodbye to those conveniences that I have, quite honestly, taken for granted. I thanked the yoga instructor for being a great instructor and told her where I was going. She recommended that I do DVDs in the absence of classes since I will not be near a gym anymore. There is something profoundly sad about doing fitness videos instead of being in a class with others. Even if I don't speak with the other people in the class, there is something powerful about 30 people in a room all working towards the same goal. The energy of the room and the unspoken support (sometimes spoken depending on the class) is something that I will miss. The longer I live the more I realize that life is about relationships. Some, like the relationships you have with people in your yoga class, are superficial and don't have much longevity. Others, like the relationships that I developed with the women who cared for my son at daycare, are deeper but so brief that we will likely not continue to maintain them. The relationships that matter most to me and have the greatest depth are those that I have with the people who know me best: my family. Even though we are leaving some really nice budding relationships in Ohio, we are headed back to a place where people truly know and care about us... and will care deeply about our son as well. Knowing that is what has sweetened the sadness that came to me as I drove away from the daycare for the last time.
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