Although not directly in a transition time I feel like I'm swimming in the visnity. I type today waiting on Clare to arrive home from DC, in mid move to Indianapolis, Indiana!
Sally is wrapping up at camp, oh what a treat to see her thriving there. I took my Mom down for a quick visit and to treat Sally to a day away at The Greenbrier- my happy place all the happier sharing with loved ones! She will be home Sunday and then we'll deliver her to DePauw for pre-season field hockey next week!
Peter is settling in- starting new work this week with sports communications and then his graduate school the following week! He is at SEMO in Cape Girdeau, Missouri, Higher Education Management degree!
Joe's work is going well- Denison grad new hire, Denison student intern- and one partner's new baby is checking off key milestones fast!
We even have two new pups on the block!!
As I put this in writing I realize these transitions all are accompanied by beautiful growth and development! Joe's business, Sally's confidence, Clare's maturity, Peter's independance- they are all handling important, serious things- loans, firearms, budgets, yards, and navigating change, alone time, boredom, pride, contentness, and parents that want to be in the know!
My own work is steeped in transition and change, supporting families as they launch their children and embrace the new role they have and a new community. I spent the summer welcoming the Class of 2029 up and down the east coast and in Chicago & Columbus. Colleagues have and are moving and retiring. Seniors becoming alums, current parents becoming past parents....it is all part of the land I traverse. And why the quote and mantra I embraced years ago at The Works had to share today:
Sit Loosely In the Saddle of Life, Louis Stevenson
Life on Newark-Granville Road, I'm happy to be home this month- August- other than the day trips to help with delivery to the new apartment for Clare and Caroline and Sally's sorority house! It is the month students arrive in Granville- football next week, a few days later the other fall sports, then the first years, all the while other campus leaders and programs, with school starting on August 28th!
Oh yes and I'm golfing- transitions there too- new course- red/orange locatinos for tee boxes- learning how to put on slopes, learning how to use the Spark app- yay to pairings- summer love, summer love...it all works out..Licking Springs is lovely. We miss MCC and the quick jaunt over there, but change is good, change is good, it is inevidible so we must sit loosely...
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| MV West Chop 2025 July's transition was travel- here there and everywhere! I posted about the birthday fun with vacation time in MD. I took a week at home to launch the fiscal year then headed east again! NYU hosted our Parent Fundraising Conference, it was accenuated by having two colleagues attend with me! I trained down to Maryland for family time, and a summer welcome reception in DC! This was the opportunity to road trip with my Mom to WVA to see Sally! A plane to Charlotte for another reception and quality meetings with key volunteers and donors in NC! I came home for a weekend, then packed my bag that included Joe and went to Massachusetts. We had two special receptions with President Adam Weinberg, dear colleagues and incredible Denisonians. Yes- lucky my- I recognize that work that happens on the cape and MV makes me extremely blessed. Denison's events and meetings that connect, introduce, inspire, share, update and entertain all happen because of relationships and you can't build relationships if you don't engage, in person. This trip was important and a part of my understanding and reminder how I'm where I am suppose to be, this is the saddle and the path here on Newark-Granville Road, here at Denison and here to support and welcome home and help launch others navigating phases,chapters and transitions. |
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| Charlotte NC Denisonians |
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| New Happy Place- LSCC |
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| Denisonians- Hosting Class of 2029 |
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| Nana's visit to see Sally- WV |
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| Family Time in MD- YAY |
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| Clare and Caroline apartment hunting |
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| Peter's new home -Missouri |
