Good Byes

Moving is a magical time when everything that you are: your home, habits, routines, and even friendships are torn apart, mixed-up, rearranged, finally reordered and put back together as something entirely new yet made with all the building blocks of your past.

This will be our third move in three years... and we will only be in the Chicago area a year or so before we do it all over again. So, I feel like something of an expert on moving... though the seasoned military wives surely have me beat.

Moving is a great chance to de-clutter. We have a heaping pile of things destined for the Salvation Army. How is it that each time we move we can still have such a large "to-go" pile? How do we accumulate so much STUFF?

It is also a brilliant time to start new and better habits. Smoochy is contemplating a smoke-free life. I think I will start an herb garden and a yoga practice at our new home... and Georgia is on the fast track to sleeping in her own bed, though she is for now blissfully unaware and enjoying her last few nights of co-sleeping. (I'm drinking in her sturdy little body next to mine for the last few nights as well...) And Normy, well it's a toddler bed and potty-training 101 waiting for him. The changes are coming.

But the hardest thing to do is leave behind the wonderful friends we've made here in Omaha. We have had a week of bitter/sweet good-byes. Bitter because we know distance will change our friendships; but sweet recollecting a year and a half of great times and savoring the knowledge that distance can't dull the true ties that have been forged.

Recently a friend of mine sent me a Fwd asking you to choose which desert most appeals to you from a list of yummy treats. Based on your choice the email goes on to give you a peek in to your psychology based on your desert preference. I know, a highly accurate way to analyze you character! Any way, I chose lemon meringue pie. And this is what I was told about myself:

LEMON MERINGUE - Smooth, sexy, & articulate with your hands, you are an excellent caregiver and a good teacher. But don't try to walk and chew gum at the same time. A bit of a diva at times, you set your own style because you do your own thing. You shine when it comes to helping others and have many friends.

Well, I can only tell you that the love and affection my dear friends have shown me this week sure make me feel like, Lemon Meringue. Thank You from the depth of my heart, ladies. The party and the tokens of your friendship you gifted me have touched me and blessed me in a way I just don't have words to describe. I will miss you so much.