I've come to learn that wrapping anything up in nice neat little packages is close to impossible. Life just doesn't seem to work that way these days. Spinning plates, swirling puzzle pieces, dangling dances, and sometimes just plain hovering in place; are the best we can hope for. I do my best to cope during these times of uncertainty and make the best of the often times too much and overwhelming.
Let's face it, having property on two different continents adds to all of the above.
That is all about to change.
Columbus Street has sold and we will be going to the final Act of Sale on Friday, July 15.
I honestly consider myself more of a places person than a people person. Places and often inanimate things take on a life of their own. A former boss called me the Metaphor Queen-I'd add the Queen of Personification. Another dear friend observed that I was a "nester." As I wrote this post today, I remembered that when I left Columbus Street on April 28, I said good by to Columbus Street. It was difficult. Forty-two years in a place is a long time.
I may have to adjust my places/people observation. This time around it was the people that were the most difficult for me. Mostly, because my dear friends and chosen family, Mike and John are going through a major health crisis. Leaving them after I spent the night that Friday before I headed north on I-55, was heart-wrenching. I spent that Saturday night at the home of our mutual friends, Glenn and Bill. There, the reality became even clearer than when I was at Mahogany Oaks...I said good by to Mike and will probably never see him again on this earth.
There is no way to know what's ahead, but I do know that I am planted here in Cadrieu. I know I can always go back to the states to visit family and friends, but who knows what will happen between now and then, and who may have crossed over before I make it back again for another hello.
I know I will do my best to take it as it comes. I believe that my life is going to settle in to being able to be 200% here in ways that I have never been able to do before. Time will tell. It feels much more like a new book than a new chapter.
Happy Saturday today, facing huge change.
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