And I have been busy living the change. My son finally knows where he is going to college. My daughter has moved up to starting goalie. And within our family we have a member who is changing genders.

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It was the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who wrote, “The only constant in life is change.” People weren’t comfortable with change when he wrote that, some 2,600 years ago, and we’re still not.

Life is changing constantly. Sometimes the circumstances we live in change and force us to do something new and unfamiliar, and sometimes we choose to change something in our life and try something ...