Transitions

For those of us who travel, or have a spouse/partner who travels there are certain transitions.  There's the first transition of being alone at home or being away from one's spouse.  Then there's the freedom transition, freedom to do things that just you might want to do that you don't do when your spouse is with you.  Then the last transition when you are getting ready to have that person back into your physical presence again. I have always found the first day of reuniting the most difficult because if your spouse has been away long enough you have gotten comfortable doing all the things you shared doing.  Now you have to give some of that back or if you are returning, come off of the trip and be part of the team again.  Sometimes this is a smooth transition, other times there are certainly "bumps".