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change again. On our own.

20180608_202458Destiny,  the extended family foster child left for Michigan last weekend.  For the summer?,  for Life?  she will reunite with her father and  unite with her mother for the first time.  

today,  Julian, the 8 yo son of Alyssia will  fly to New Jersey to spend the summer with his father.

Alyssia and Emrie will fly to Texas  for two weeks to spend time with Emrie's father,  to meet her Grandmother there,  her Aunties.  Cousins.

The threads pulse.

Tay and i,  Tazmeena,  Puppy,  the Goats,  the one remaining chicken, Talkie,  we wait here.   it's 99 degrees today.  but a dry heat.  Alyssia and i reviewed all the functional things i need to know…the grey water for the travel trailer,  the use of the generator to charge the phone and this laptop.  Daughter Jenny will come weekends to work on the Hut.  But, in general,  we will be on our own.  How will THAT feel?   

 


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11 responses to “change again. On our own.”

  1. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    (((Grace))) enjoy this window of time and space to just be with the spirits of place

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  2. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    yes. it’s a prologue. Very possible that Destiny will stay in Michigan. Very likely that the Hut will be done and Alyssia will live in the travel trailer while putting her own home place. Very likely many things. But a Window in time for sure. I will wake tomorrow to a very different kind of day.
    Right now, i’ll feed the Goats, Talkie. Then walk down to Campsite A to water the Wall Garden there. I’ll take the first bucket of Goat manure…spread it at the far end where the peppers and tomato plants are. Plan is to take a bucket down twice a day until the entire wall garden has been FED. I look very much forward to this. Very Much.

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  3. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    It will be different for sure … a time for some peaceful mind wondering. I’ve come to treasure those times .. being that I have never known a time without my children and grandchildren around.

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  4. Michelle Slater Avatar
    Michelle Slater

    Family…pulsing threads. Wow it sure will be different. Let loose the wander lust of your mind and enjoy :–>

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  5. Saskia Avatar
    Saskia

    alone again!
    wonder what it will be like for you
    was just thinking ’bout you this morning as I was stretching, how much your life has changed and also how much time you were used to spending alone, and I was wondering if I could manage that much time on my own, if I would stay ‘sane’…..
    so now you are there in the new space, alone for the time being….
    love to you

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  6. beth Avatar
    beth

    Going with a rhythm of your own for a bit.
    And that floral cloth… I might have told you before, I sewed myself a halter top out of that print a very long time ago. I loved it so much. It’s like seeing an old friend.

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  7. joanne Avatar
    joanne

    so, okay–why is there only one chicken left? did I miss something????

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  8. jaime Avatar
    jaime

    Enjoy the open hearted rhythm, full breath in, full breath out. It will be interesting. It will also be interesting when all who return bring their stories with them. And those that don’t return will never forget this adventure. And you know the tomatoes and peppers will enjoy the goat berries.

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  9. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    two weeks…
    I always love this alone time because I know they will come back. If it was forever I might feel differently.
    I think not having to be on anyone else’s schedule and eating what I want when I want is the BEST.

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  10. Anna Avatar
    Anna

    Ahhhh, blessed time alone—I envy you the opportunity to savor the chance to think, study, explore and learn, to be one with your new surroundings. This could be a valuable time for you, then it will be refreshing to have the others return.

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  11. julie Avatar
    julie

    In Polvadera your neighborhood was filled with so many colorful folks, folks who fed the need for conversation without intimacy. Has that started for you yet? i remember your post office lady for some reason.

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