I have been on a bit of a self-imposed hiatus for 2 months....no words of wisdom, no funny stories, no peeps into my private life allowed. The reason? Well, I have tried very hard to have you all believe that I am a normal person going about my normal life and the reality is that my world has been rocked in the last 2 months and only now have I recovered sufficiently to get back on-line.
Well, where do I begin? How about at the beginning...
Well, where do I begin? How about at the beginning...
This was the sum of our last 23 years together...packed into boxes, labelled and loaded. My lifetime of memories had been compacted into a moving truck and I was overcome with a choking realization that things would never be the same.
There is something sad about an empty house. No voices ringing out with happy chatter, no fluttering shears on the windows whispering of life~ of love. No kitchen sounds of meals to nourish body and soul and with it the communion of family and friends. I was eager to re-establish my comforts.
I know this all sounds horribly depressing...and the truth is, I guess, that's what I was feeling right at that moment. As we drove into Edmonton to stay the night with our daughter and son-in-law, the weight of what had been put into motion filled our hearts with both sorrow and hope. Our kids knew we would need an extra dose of encouragement and upon arrival at their home, presented us with a housewarming gift...a child's DVD and a coloring book.
WE ARE GOING TO BE GRANDPARENTS!
The candles burning on our pity-party cake seemed to mock this news and so we snuffed them out and rejoiced in the impending arrival of our very own little grand-tot.
To say things have been easy since that time would be lying. We arrived on our new street unsure of what to expect. We are country folk who stepped into the weird and wild world of townies~ that became clear pretty quickly....
No, you cannot walk around your house in various stages of undress with the curtains open.
No, you cannot flatulate as you bend over to pull weeds in the back yard
No, you cannot put the green bin out on black bin day and vise-versa
No, you cannot drive your quad on the walking trail
No, you cannot park your vehicle along the curb for very long, it has to be on your driveway
No, there is not someone coming to visit every time you hear a vehicle door slamming down the street
No, your new appliances most definitely will not work as the old ones did
No, you are not a visitor...this is your new house
I think we got tired of all the "no's" and decided to try something with a "yes"~
Yes, you can make a difference wherever you are
Yes, you can get to know your neighbors
Yes, you can drive 4 minutes to work
Yes, you can run and pick something up from the store at 10pm
Yes, you can enjoy seeing your yard take shape
Yes, you can learn many, many new things in a short period of time
Yes, you can maintain important friendships through the process of change
Yes, you can open up your world to meeting new people and enrich your life through it
Yes, you can find a new place to worship that will be welcoming and warm
AND...yes, your house will become a HOME as you make new memories.
We thank all of you who have visited. Your presence has transitioned us into this new reality. To those of you who have not come over yet...please stop by, we look forward to connecting with you and sharing our home with you.
We testify to the truth that change will not kill you but being stagnant just might.
Peace~
To say things have been easy since that time would be lying. We arrived on our new street unsure of what to expect. We are country folk who stepped into the weird and wild world of townies~ that became clear pretty quickly....
No, you cannot walk around your house in various stages of undress with the curtains open.
No, you cannot flatulate as you bend over to pull weeds in the back yard
No, you cannot put the green bin out on black bin day and vise-versa
No, you cannot drive your quad on the walking trail
No, you cannot park your vehicle along the curb for very long, it has to be on your driveway
No, there is not someone coming to visit every time you hear a vehicle door slamming down the street
No, your new appliances most definitely will not work as the old ones did
No, you are not a visitor...this is your new house
I think we got tired of all the "no's" and decided to try something with a "yes"~
Yes, you can make a difference wherever you are
Yes, you can get to know your neighbors
Yes, you can drive 4 minutes to work
Yes, you can run and pick something up from the store at 10pm
Yes, you can enjoy seeing your yard take shape
Yes, you can learn many, many new things in a short period of time
Yes, you can maintain important friendships through the process of change
Yes, you can open up your world to meeting new people and enrich your life through it
Yes, you can find a new place to worship that will be welcoming and warm
AND...yes, your house will become a HOME as you make new memories.
We thank all of you who have visited. Your presence has transitioned us into this new reality. To those of you who have not come over yet...please stop by, we look forward to connecting with you and sharing our home with you.
We testify to the truth that change will not kill you but being stagnant just might.
Peace~
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