Go fly a kite

By on October 14, 2013 in Home

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This morning the movers arrived to put all of our belongings on a truck to Kentucky.  We stayed up until the wee hours to get the last things done and truth be told, it would not have happened were it not for Lewis and Alexandra who jumped in and said “we are not leaving till its all done”.  They are the wind under our sails right now.  Spending the past 6 days with them has been wonderful.

This week we were surrounded by love and friends as people dropped by to bring us a meal and spend a few minutes with us among our moving mess.  Late nights and days ran into each other as we ran about getting everything done.  There were many a day when we had no clue what day of the week it was.  We had a moving sale this weekend and sold so much stuff.  I finally achieved my goal of getting my yarn and fabric stash pared down 🙂 and found new homes for every one of our 34 hens and roosters.  I got to hold baby Lewie lots and lots and we even took a little nap under a tree.

Nate and Charlei spent the weekend and kept our bellies full with lots of amazing homemade meals and help wherever we needed it.  Knowing that we would not be able to spend time together for a while, we cherished every moment with them.   There was even time to fly a kite which we found in the garage.  It was perfectly windy enough and it was a perfect end to a stressful but fun weekend.

We should be in our new home by Wednesday.  I beg your prayers for a safe arrival and trip.  We have had everything possible happen to us this week and really need some peace from here on out.

We tucked everyone in their beds, for the last time in this house and then I sat in the rocker in Matthews little nursery and I remembered all the nights that we sat here rocking, together.  Many sleepless, wonderful, sweet nights.  Sigh.  I rocked him for an hour with a lump in my throat, just the two of us, my babe and I.

It is so very hard to leave home.

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good morning sunshine

By on October 8, 2013 in Sewing and Crafts

IMG_8596IMG_8593 IMG_8587 IMG_8588 IMG_8591That is a weird title for this post seeing as how the sun has not come out for us for more than 10 minutes all week, making this week of packing even sadder than it already is.

Last week, I woke up with a little song in my head.  Just one line and I had not heard it in many years.  Probably about 30 years to be exact.  I woke up to a little song that goes like this…. Good morning Sunshine, Mommy says helloooo.  I stopped to savor that moment because somewhere in my brain, my heart needed to hear my momma singing to me just as she did every morning when I was little.  Have you ever heard that song?  Well, I never knew it was someone elses song until I was an adult.  To me,  that was a song that my momma made for me and I have greeted my little Matthew with it every morning since.

Last night after a long day of packing, moving issues and everything that must be done before we can move into the new house, I sat on the couch and decided to make my mommas song into something tangible.  I found the box with my embroidery stuff in it, carefully untaped it and I made this little saying to hang in Matthew’s nursery.  And oh is it silly of me that I intend to hang it in his nursery here in this house, even if for only one night?  No, I don’t think so and it brings comfort to my heart.  Win!

I came downstairs to find Erica had posted a packing plan for me on the dry erase board.  She loves to make plans that girl of mine, indeed we are so much alike.  As you can see from this list we are so very busy and it feels like there is little time left.  That thought has put a permanent knot in my stomach and I don’t think I have done anything nearly as hard in my life as what we are about to do and leave behind.  I keep thinking to myself that I cannot do this and then something will happen that will give me hope and a smile and we keep packing.  Oh those moments which I am hanging on to right now, every laugh we share here, every pretty flower outside and every meal brought over by a friend accompanied by quick little visits that are healing beyond anything you can imagine.  We are so very blessed to have friends that have showered us with for the past few days with home cooked meals and love.  I have only had to step into the kitchen to cook a few times and that is a life saver right now.

We are starting to really see the progress with the packing.  There are entire rooms that have nothing in them but boxes now.  I did pack up all the sewing machines, but that gave me too much anxiety so I unpacked my favorite one and it sits on the table in the loft..just in case I want to use it for some last little project.  There is time 🙂

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