Due to our house hunt, Anna (our fabulous caregiver) being off for her wedding and honeymoon, LJ back to having a tough time sleeping at night, our impending move & the wrap-up of the school year for the boys, my posts have fallen by the wayside. Trying super hard not to beat myself up these days. I feel like I've been tired for the last month. I feel like life seems to keep coming in easy waves and tidal waves- and lately I've been on a tidal wave. That's the beauty of ebb and flow I suppose.
The good news is that lately I've been learning to pay attention when things are good. To lean in and connect to being present in the moment. I've started being more observant not just when things are tidal waves, but when things are seemingly fine too. I recently discovered that I had been neglecting myself- my safe, grounded spot. When things get hard our tendency is to make them harder. By turning inward, I've been learning to hold my awareness in the subtle realm instead. And consequently, I am more able to find the quiet, stillness when things get chaotic.
And things are about to get pretty chaotic on the home-front. The kids' last day of school is June 21st. Our house is under contract. We close on June 27th. That's three 3 weeks! But perhaps the most awesome news in this post is that we have found an accessible house that's less then a mile from our current one! It was a completely, pleasant surprise to us that we found it so quickly and that all the stars seem to have aligned. Perhaps this is the law of good karma, who really knows? (Please, still cross everything. Just saying this out loud publicly makes me afraid I will jinx something.) But I'm staying positive.
We close on the new house June 28th. And we hope to move the first week of July so we have all summer long to get acclimated to our new digs. The new house is move-in ready and has an open floor plan so that LJ will have lots of roaming room. The only thing we have to do is have a ramp poured to the side entrance and have two doorways widened so they will be 36" wide. We are also going to have a touch pad installed so that when LJ drives his motor chair or walks up to it in his walker, he will press it and his door will automatically open for him. Lewis' room also has a full bathroom in it. Down the road we will have the shower floor lowered into the sub-floor so that it can become a roll-in shower for him. And there is space for us to also install a pocket door for his privacy. All the bedrooms are on the same level as the kitchen, dining room and living room and outdoor patio. But the most crucial detail? The lot is FLAT and we do not have a behemoth incline to contend with!
While I am sad to see us leave this house and all the stories and memories it embodies, (and yes I have my fears too but mostly its about the settlement/financing process) I LOVE the new house. I am excited to uncover new memories. In the spirit of making changes, and in the stretching, we expand, we grow, we change.
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