NEW HOUSE

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It'll take some work.

I've been watching this dove that's been camped out in front of my house for a couple of months. It seems to have been since I had the big tree out there cut down. It's been perched on the phone wire nearest to where the tree had been. Looking. Just looking at the spot where the tree had been. I don't know, maybe imagining the good times, the cover, the protection it had provided. And since I've heard that doves stay with their mates, maybe even for life, I wondered if it had lost it's mate. I wondered if it was male or female. It just sat there. Like it never wanted to leave. Like, as if it stayed near the place where it's mate had been, it would still be near him.
It was sort of sad when I thought of it like that. And it made me feel a bit guilty when I first thought of it. But then I got annoyed. It's gone already, find another tree! Or another mate. Maybe another life! ( I really don't think I thought all that about the bird- I'm just taking a little poetic license.)
Then I saw how reticent I was to pack up a cabinet. To empty a drawer. I've been waiting.
Not wanting to leave, just sitting here!
It's time for me to find another tree.
The realization of my own reluctance to move has helped me to see why I've not been able to get more excited about the gift of the new house I have!
My kids came a were so good to pack up 2 rooms now, and my attitude has been, at times, painfully indecisive about the dumbest things. Like where to put books in the new house. I really appreciate Josh and Sarah's patience with me.
And I'm making an effort now to spread those wings and get on board.
My spring theme seems to be to rise up and soar.
By the grace of God.