Moving!

The last two, or maybe three times we moved, Drew and I said, "That's it! No more moving." Surrounded knee-deep, sometimes neck-deep, by boxes and upended, unassembled pieces of furniture, we vowed to stay put. But here we are moving again, of our own free will. Obviously each change of address has brought its own share of positive opportunities.   
​So, to put a finer point on it.... it's not the MOVE, but MOVE-ING we dislike. ​

​​For all of you who have moved – and who hasn't? – I know you can relate. Moving turns your whole life literally upside down. We've now been living in our new house for 3 weeks, and I still look for the trash can under the sink rather than in the pantry. I pivot to the left for the fridge instead of the right, and  right instead of left for the microwave. Sometimes I stand in the middle of the kitchen and literally twirl, unsure in which direction to find the silverware. 

Granted, we only moved five houses down the street in our current Hendrix Village neighborhood of Conway, Arkansas, which is considerably less than when we packed up our belongings and moved from Arkansas to Alaska 34 years ago. But change is change, no matter the distance. And if I've learned nothing else in moving to 12 cities across 4 continents during our 49 years of marriage, it is that transitions take time. 
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I'd like to say that I'm a pro by now at transitions, but that would be stretching the truth. Or, in plainer terms – a lie. I still struggle through them. But I have learned that the key word in that struggle for me is "through." The only way I will get to the other side of the transition tunnel is to keep inching forward... one box, then another, one room, then another, until the light of normalcy begins to return.  

And it is...

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​As you can see from one picture to the next, there are at least some books on shelves, and I'm still smiling (kind of).

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Despite the temporary upheaval, Drew and I are grateful for this move to a lovely new home among a community of caring neighbors. We love it so much that we've vowed to never move again. This time we mean it, we really MEAN it! Really.

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