1.31.2013

Now... is Right on Time






This is me, standing in an empty house by myself like a creeper. As you may know, I moved a little over a month ago and I have been working lately to get my townhouse ready for it's new inhabitants. Today I was waiting on painters to get there and I had a few minutes to kill so I documented what I was wearing. Up to this point I have been so excited about making the new house a home, that the emotion over leaving this one had not really hit me. Well... today it did. I spent over 7 years in this house, which if you know me personally, you know that this is a damn miracle. I moved almost every year of my life from the time I was born to the time I was 25 1/2 (when I bought this place). I used to ask my mom if she was in the Witness Protection Program. She wasn't in case you are wondering, but I do believe she has a gypsy soul (and truthfully, that is one of the things I love most about her). I have inherited that gypsy soul (are you singing Van Morrison yet? "I waaaanna rock your gypsy soul... just like back in the days of old". Sorry I had an "Into the Mystic" moment). So, as you can imagine, being under one roof for seven years was a world's record in the Guinness Book of My Life. Once you own a home you cannot just up and move whenever you want to, so  I started to go crazy. I would paint the walls, rearrange knick-knacks, change out curtains, swap out throw pillows, put new pictures in frames, get new bedding... you get the idea. I couldn't move, so I just tried to calm the overwhelming urge by changing everything around me (I have control issues... I know this). I feel like I have lived a thousand lifetimes in this home. I have celebrated life, mourned death, been on top of the world, and cried myself to sleep. I have seen tremendous success and blessings, and experienced pain so intense that I never thought I could come back from it. This house has entertained friends, family, meetings, birthdays, baby and wedding showers. I have gotten dressed to the nines upstairs in my closet, and spent days on end in sweatpants. I am getting kind of emotional just writing all of this in fact. So... I'll spare you anymore of my stream of consciousness and leave you with this. A quote that I love so much that I keep it on my fridge (because clearly if it is there I will be sure to see it 10 times a day). 

"YOUR JOURNEY HAS MOLDED YOU FOR GREATER GOOD, AND IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT IT NEEDED TO BE. DON'T THINK YOU HAVE LOST TIME. IT TOOK EACH AND EVERY SITUATION YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERED TO BRING YOU TO THE NOW. AND NOW IS RIGHT ON TIME." 
-Asha Tyson-

1 comment:

  1. Wow I love that quote.

    With every end there is a new beginning and the excitement of the unknown.

    bisous
    Suzanne

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