Things I Learned When I Moved Away From Home

• That singing at the top of your lungs in your own kitchen making dinner is fun!  and good for the food, too, I think....
• That Mom is awesome
• To appreciate time with my family when I have it
• To hug my little brothers and sisters when I see them, because I might not see them again today
• That Mom made some things look really easy... and they're not
• That responsibility is something that applies to every aspect of life.  Every aspect.
• That if I don't clean that hard-to-reach spot in the bathroom... no one else will.
• To pay more attention to things like dates on the calendar, because on some of those days you need to pay bills, and if you don't bad things will happen
• That I didn't have as many kitchen utensils as I thought I did.
• That eating is expensive
• That everything to do with surviving is expensive
• That some things aren't as important as they used to be
• That other things are more important
• That I can get a LOT of things done when I'm not being interrupted by little children :)
• That I miss those little children a LOT
• That growing up is bittersweet
• That cleaning my own house is very rewarding
• That weeding my own garden is more fun than weeding Mom's
• That I have to shovel the snow out of my own driveway
• That making a home is wonderful