2: Number of places we posted furniture online to sell. (Some has sold quickly-rototiller and park bench within hours, some we are still waiting to sell-kitchen table, sofa.)
3: Number of days Joel has left for work
4: Number of driving days to Nebraska and back (2 each way)
5: Number of totes packed with kitchen things (though, haven't packed the pots and pans yet)
6: Number of years Jenny has worked at A Woman's Place
7: Number of VonTrapp children in "The Sound of Music" who sang "So long, farewell!" (Joel and I once wrote lyrics to a co-worker who left Mozambique to this tune.)
8: Number of 50 pound suitcases our family will take to Honduras (plus a back packs for each of us)
This is a week of goodbyes:
- To A Woman's Place, a place of healing and acceptance for those whose family members treat them with power and control instead of love.
- Life as we have known for the past years. The now familiar rhythms of work, school, church and home
- Alice and Kiki, our cats. We got them as kittens 5 years ago and they have been loved by us and our neighbors who greet them on their walks. They will go to another family with children.
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| L and Kiki |
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| N and Alice |
As I have told several people, it feels bittersweet. It is sad to leave; we did not realize we put down so many roots. It's also exciting to go, to return to working with Mennonite Central Committee and learn about Honduras, improve our Spanish, hear new stories. These emotions are normal. If we didn't feel sad or excited, something would be wrong.
