So i've been working the past month moving out of my trailer, and moving into my parents' house. its been such an overwhelming process i didn't feel like i could be present in it. i was overwhelmed, stressed out, frustrated...and 7666 Caryn Way deserves more than that...so here's an ode to the little blue trailer i called home, and shared with my friend Emily for 6 yrs.
At 7666 Caryn Way, I....
- hosted game nights with friends
- developed a great toy box for when the neighbors came to visit
- had a fort in made of blankets and couch cushions set up in the spare room for 2 or 3 months
- went running
- mowed the lawn
- composted vegetables
- planted rose bushes
- cut roses and brought them inside
- watched my rose bushes die slowly year after year
- landscaped - a perennial garden
- wasn't very good at weeding, or maintaining said garden!
- painted all the walls...most of them very bright
- hung pictures on the walls
- burned candles
- lived with Abi for a couple months, but called that room "Abi's Room" til the very end...4 yrs later
- recycled
- invented and played "Rake Ball" with neighbors
- played kickball in the back yard
- flew kites
- helped make christmas presents for the neighbor kids' parents
- got good news
- got bad news
- got bad news that seemed good at the time
- got good news that seemed bad at the time
- cried
- drank lots of coffee
- laughed
- baked
- invited friends for dinner
- cleaned (not nearly often enough)
- was sick
- was healthy
- made birthday cupcakes every month for the 6th grade youth group class that i was the fill in "team coach" for
- read
- quilted
- crocheted
- made things
- put in linoleum tile
- gained weight
- lost weight
- re-did the cupboard doors
- loved my bed (seriously...i loved my bed...not a morning person...at all!)
- was burned out
- thrived
- was frustrated
- procrastinated
- was organized
- learned
- made care packages for my college volunteers during finals
- fasted
- feasted
- went on prayer walks
- celebrated
- grieved
- developed a love for "The Office"
- kept an official score card for all the games Emily and I played to see who was the ultimate winner
- was obsessed with badminton for awhile
- had to de-flea my house (ugh!)
- was lonely - it felt like a dry and weary land where i longed for community
- grew into community
- drank deeply from a deep well of friendships
- had a christmas tree that grew (even though it was cut down)
- was selfish
- was generous
- was challenged
- grew
- was stretched
- joked around
- was sarcastic
- had great conversations (not always easy...but still good)
- asked lots of questions...some have been answered...others i still wrestle with
- lived
i lived at 7666 Caryn Way...the good the bad the ugly...the richness of life - in all its seasons. i lived. what a sweet season it was. i can see how God has moved my heart to a new place. to move to Kolkata requires that i leave the Arbor Village Community. And its a good and necessary transition, but i don't want to move forward without looking back. i wanted to reflect on and celebrate the goodness, hardness, and beauty of my time at Seventy Six Sixty Six Caryn Way (Clap Clap, Clap Clap)....a season i will always cherish.
2 comments:
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eg
I LOVE rake ball! te he, so funny that that song still sticks in your head after so many years! ah good times, thanks Mel!
abi
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