consider Spring.
Submitted to dVerse
February 3, 2020
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There’s increased anticipation of Spring in my personal world. We are having a
home built in an over 55 community, due to be complete by May. We are eager
to see the greening of the trees that screen the walking trail behind our proposed
new home. Downsizing is a time of letting go, parting with the miscellaneous
detritus gathered through the years. Like the daffodils that push their way up
through winter’s carpet of leaves, I look forward to a fresh start and a new
chapter … no doubt the epilogue … of my journey.
eternal promise
Winter’s end, onset of Spring
a new year unfolds
An elegant meditation on life's journey. I like your simile of the journey as daffodils!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Sounds like you have much to look forward to this year, Beverly.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope you really enjoy your new home to retire in Beverly.
ReplyDeleteI’ve been thinking about moving to one of those communities, Bev. Where we live now is too far from the nearest town, the doctor and necessary facilities. I think we all have to let go in some way – it’s just judging when is the best time to do it. Good luck with downsizing and enjoy your fresh start!
ReplyDeleteNot the epilogue, that's when you know it's the end. This is another chapter. Who knows how many there are left to write?
ReplyDeleteWell, I'll be 86 this month, so I guess it depends on fate whether it's another chapter or the epilogue … and the length of the chapters!!
Deletethe epilogue of a journey, a statement of a live lived fully and now with less clutter a lighter one, I would so look forward to the green starting to appear and create a hedge around your new home.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting, Bev. Spring is a great time to downsize, reduce clutter, make way for new seasons and new adventures. I can feel your excitement!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a wonderful new journey. After having spent a lot of time (and much more to do) going through all the things my mother left I realize how much better it would have been if it had been done sooner.
ReplyDeleteAs I sort and part with "stuff" I am well aware I'm preventing my children from having to deal with a lifetime of "treasures". In the end, most of what we pass on is comprised of moments and memories, hopefully pleasant ones in the hearts of those who come after. I empathize with your task of going through your mother's things.
DeleteThat ambiguity you so preciously describe aI believe is to be found in any real change. That German professor Jung, studying dreams, stated that crossing a river, in dreams, is sign of a major change taking place, or anticipated to find place. And in Norway we have this word, "the grass is always greener on the other side." Ai guess you in English must have a somewhat equivalent word. And we also say, with a smile, "that woman which crosses the stream to get water ..." You know, aI feel it myself, in my own life situation, one should be cautious, taking big steps, and "love your father and your mother." For Heaven's sake! Once relieved, though, from state of affairs, one, on the way passing, should not look back. We remember the wife of Lot, the nephew of Abraham. She became bitter. What is ahead, only God knows. In my opinion, though, being Norwegian, there is nothing on earth like the brooks, streams and rivers of Norway. The Norwegian passes them all the time, having learned from the Swede to think ", okey ... , not dreaming so much about it.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, aI have presented a poem of yours, found in the interview of you, which is given link to on this blog, on Blog © Trixnix, on this address: https://trixnix.blogspot.com/2020/02/a-poem-by-beverly-crawford.html . Thank you.
I thank you for your kind words and wise observations!
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