tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614350181757194859.post6307101772427605006..comments2024-03-23T08:15:22.317-04:00Comments on Smithellaneous: Last NightAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10374218036340274908noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614350181757194859.post-58255678106629544302009-12-10T09:51:30.525-05:002009-12-10T09:51:30.525-05:00Hi. We just moved recently, too, from our home of...Hi. We just moved recently, too, from our home of 10 years (2nd grade to now senior!). I am reusing the bags used to transport clothing by placing a piece of duct tape over the hanger hole. Thrifty and environmentally savvy tip!Kristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08377528708640756890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614350181757194859.post-44501109122975416162009-11-28T00:40:42.838-05:002009-11-28T00:40:42.838-05:00Precious post. Best of luck. Many, many more bea...Precious post. Best of luck. Many, many more beautiful days and memories ahead.<br />Jen ClowdusJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10286913461267397866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614350181757194859.post-88979899171927564262009-11-28T00:38:00.885-05:002009-11-28T00:38:00.885-05:00I called my mom sobbing the first night I lived aw...I called my mom sobbing the first night I lived away from home, quite certain that I could not live in this strange new place with a virtual stranger (though we had family connections and had traded a few emails, I'd only met my roommate about 10 days before we began life as roommates).<br /><br />I was absolutely certain that it was not possible to live in a place without all of the familiar comforts of home and my family, even though I was and am still in the same city.<br /><br />I've moved twice since then, in just under three years, and each move has been hard, each move has marked a change in season and people. From one roommate to two. From two back to one as the original one got married. And the roommate and housing situation will likely change again, when the current roommate's visa to be in the country expires in March. Each move has been hard, but I've been grateful for the memories made in each place.<br /><br />I'd lived in the same home for 23 years until I moved the first time. I've lived in three homes since. And I'm grateful for the things learned in each place, and I've felt bittersweet in leaving each of them. But my parent's home will always be home, I think, and I'm still there often, grateful to be for the moment at least, in the same city as them.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921826593766725264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614350181757194859.post-21340753217649466682009-11-28T00:24:43.208-05:002009-11-28T00:24:43.208-05:00well, that post nearly made me cry. but, your nex...well, that post nearly made me cry. but, your next adventure is so exciting! good luck on the big move tomorrow, i'm sure it will go smoothly. i wish i had more to say - i certainly thought i did when i came to comment. anyhow - i continue to be jealous that you get to live in manteo.. at the ocean. insanely jealous. living in manteo at the ocean with people you love and a community excited to make you a part of it. yep yep, i understand leaving what you love behind and memories, but as you said - this next chapter.. it's good. and have i said how jealous i am that you get to live on the obx? really, seriously, insanely jealous. :) i'll shut up now.brookehttp://rivervision.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614350181757194859.post-73882058714278518842009-11-27T22:03:51.526-05:002009-11-27T22:03:51.526-05:00Pam D, you are so wise and wonderfully eloquent. Y...Pam D, you are so wise and wonderfully eloquent. You should have your own blog. Oh. Wait.<br /><br />A friend of mine who was dying told me once when we were discussing memories and life that "it's all the same." I had no idea what he meant, but the way he spoke it to me was so earnestly and with profound conviction...as if it were the most important thing in the world that I understood.<br /><br />I didn't. Not until several years and several cancers into the cancer journey. I learned a lot. And he was right. It is all the same.<br /><br />No matter what is going on, no matter what is happening, no matter how joyous or how tragic...God is in it. In His own way and His own time, He is blessing it. We're never without Him. And He's in charge, completely and without question. <br /><br />Does God think in terms of good or bad, happy or sad, wise or stupid? Does He see the challenges or the changes in our life the same way we do? I don't think so. I think He sees the purpose in them, the glory in them, the necessity in them. And He sees Himself in there, too. And He is the ever present constant. He never changes. He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.<br /><br />We look at our lives and label the parts of them as good or bad, happy or sad.<br /><br />But really, all they were ... were God.Sue Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661749227670056682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614350181757194859.post-27503675537306323612009-11-27T21:25:11.290-05:002009-11-27T21:25:11.290-05:00Oh. Well, I've been at my mom's for the la...Oh. Well, I've been at my mom's for the last few days, so I'm picking up here after reading the last several posts. Now. AFTER wiping a few tears away. I know that a home is much more than a house, but we humans have a way of hanging our memories on "hooks". Sometimes, these hooks are made of scents (cookies baking, mom's perfume) or sounds (a special song, a bird call, the babble of a creek) or the way the sunlight falls on a meadow at precisely 6:05 on an autumn afternoon. But so many of those hooks have to do with the space we call "home", be it a 10,000 square ft. mansion or a 700 sq. ft. apartment. And SO much as been hung on hooks in that house, Becky... some of it being the most stressful things that could be encountered. (really.. you could possibly vie for the Guiness Book of World Records for the greatest number of stress-inducing things in your life in a 1 year span of time). So, while you leave behind so many good memories, you also leave behind a LOT of stress. Please understand; I'm not saying that you shouldn't be sad or miss your old house. BUT.. just as a scent or sound can trigger anxiety if it brings up a bad memory, I have to think that there are things in that house that subconsciously bring on extra stress. So.. on to a new home, with many, many, MANY prayers for only happy "hooks" to be hung there. You know that Nathan will always come home, because home is where YOU are. And when it's Sarah's turn to leave the nest, HER personal GPS will always have a "home" setting that has nothing to do with a physical address and everything to do with where YOU are. I look forward with you to what God has placed in your hands, knowing that, because you were faithful and waited for HIS timing, that it will be perfect. <br />Love you... so much...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614350181757194859.post-74025344210827038722009-11-27T19:53:02.624-05:002009-11-27T19:53:02.624-05:00We've lived in our home for 21 years. I can&#...We've lived in our home for 21 years. I can't imagine leaving it but I hope my kids will support us in moving on. It's 4500 square feet, 100 years old and a big old money pit. We have 21 years of memories. But,its time to move on. The kids will always be home wherever we are. I have 5 wonderful children who support me... they say wherever we are is home....as long as we are all together!! Are they great or what!!!! My youngest, Joey, has been with his friends since kindergarden....we hope will will not distrupt his last 10 years of education but he is 100 percent supportive of us!!! He says as long as he siblings come home, a house is a house!!!!!! Am I luck or What!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7614350181757194859.post-78181295094260738322009-11-27T19:37:38.970-05:002009-11-27T19:37:38.970-05:00Becky, I read this post with sadness and empathy a...Becky, I read this post with sadness and empathy as I did the same thing a couple of years ago- ie- we moved from the kids' childhood home of 15 years. It was heartbreaking, but as I pulled out of the driveway for the LAST time, I was surprised to feel a sense of excitement and adventure. I pray you will feel this too :)lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09501503992952033631noreply@blogger.com