When you get to the end of all the light you know and it’s time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.
–Edward Teller
In the past two months I have…
- Sold a house
- Bought a house and found Peace. Love. Home.
- Moved the contents of the old house to the new house
- Made weekly trips to the Goodwill, Salvation Army, and recycle center to get rid of the stuff the former owner left behind (we’re talking a lot of stuff here)
- Spent countless hours in the yard feeding the mosquitoes
- Talked to grasshoppers and tree frogs
- Bowed submissively to bumblebees
- Chased butterflies
- Acquired the limbs of a nine year old tomboy, adorned with scabs, scrapes, scratches, and stings
- Made mud pies
- Bled over the ferocious rose bushes
- Engaged in warfare with wasps
- Ran from a mouse
- Pulled an odd assortment of things from the dog’s mouth (including a dead mouse)
- Pondered the meaning of the closet witch the former owner left behind
- Reveled in the Goaty Goodness the former owner left behind
- Resigned from my out-of-state professor gig – it was just too impossible to go back to all that after all this.
- Moved the contents of the out-of-state apartment and office to the new house
- Began taking steps to integrate my worklife into my life’s work
- Found myself overtaken by tearful fits of gratitude and joy
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August 7, 2012 at 12:15 am
The Good Greatsby
I never thought of it in terms of feeding the mosquitoes. I like that.
August 9, 2012 at 10:15 pm
Lunar Euphoria
I don’t share the sentiment! They’re horrible. I’m afraid I’m going to bleed to death by a million tiny bites. It’s sad to think I’m that low on the food chain.
Thank god for the ducks and frogs and everything else outside eating them.
August 16, 2012 at 5:30 am
Side Yard Flock
I’m not going to lie, that closet witch is creepy. I would stay out of that closet!!
August 18, 2012 at 10:19 pm
Lunar Euphoria
That’s funny! I have gotten several similar reactions from folks over the witch.
Honestly, I love her. She’s such a mystery, a semi-secret, and a conversational piece.
My niece and I came up with an entire horror movie plot centering around the witch in the closet. Maybe I’ll tell that story come Halloween…
August 21, 2012 at 6:09 pm
Dana
I am speechless over that closet witch. Why is she there? Why wasn’t she uprooted and moved to be with the former owner as guardian of the former owner’s new residence? Totally dumbfounded.
August 21, 2012 at 8:06 pm
Lunar Euphoria
Inquiring minds want to know!
Some people have skeletons in their closet….not me.