As I sit in my new digs on my borrowed chair waiting for my goods to arrive I have a lot of time to think. Even amidst the stress and busy-ness of moving and settling 3 children I have some time to think. Without internet, phone or tv or personal belongings the quiet times are just…quieter. So I think. I think about hope.
I look around at the blank walls and the itchy synthetic carpet and I hope I can make this new place into a home.
I hope I won’t feel displaced for long, that my time as a ‘stranger’ will be short.
I hope that all the people who have helped me so far will know my gratitude and I hope that I will be able to thank them properly.
I hope it isn’t always this HOT here. I hope I don’t stink too badly.
I hope the constant cadence of crickets outside my window will become my lullaby.
I hope the little one can sleep well here, I hope the biggest one can find REST and I hope she can quickly find the love of new best friends.
I hope my new neighbors like children. Especially 3 loud stomping-on-stairs-play-hard-and sometimes moody displaced children.
I hope I can hold on to the fond memories of homes gone by.
I hope all the sacrifices we are making and the hurt of people left behind will be worth it in the end.
I hope I can hold close to my heart the friendships I have made along the way.
I hope I can relearn my left from my right and put one foot in front of the other.
And I hope this move will be a move forward.
(And I really really really hope those aren’t mouse dropping I see in the corner)
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