Lately, it has felt like summer. I’ve been learning to drive the tractor, putting up tents and eating outside. At school, where I work, goodbye cards are being made, displays taken down, games being played and films being watched.

It’s a new season, and it’s good, but with it comes more change for me as I leave one job and prepare for another one. It feels strange and a little sad to think that I won’t be driving that familiar route to work any more, and I won’t be seeing the same faces or doing the same routines…

When the holidays hit, I’ve got visitors and trips to look forward to, lie ins and dog walks to enjoy, books to read and recipes to try, and I can’t wait!

And then Autumn will approach and I’ll be learning a new route to work and new faces and names and routines. I’m looking forward to it – it’s going to be challenging and interesting and fun, though of course I’m a little jittery and daunted too.

It’s a hopeful time, and I just cannot believe how quickly the year is flying by! In January, I had no idea what 2015 would hold. I was jobless and broke and confused, but hopeful that things would come together. Life is never all plain sailing, but I am so glad to be able to look back and see how God has provided for Andrew and me in so many ways.

I wonder what the summer will hold…