Time to Move?

 

Time to Move?

           by Judy

It has been almost four decades since I have moved. One quick look in my closets will confirm that. A lot of very important, meaningful, exceptional items and keepsakes have accumulated in my home over the past years. It has been suggested by some of my family I might sort and perhaps even discard some of my prized possessions. Well, those family members didn’t exactly refer to my possessions as prized, but I knew what they meant. Perhaps a move would be a good thing to happen because I surely am lazy enough I would discard rather than move all I have accumulated.

During my college years and before my marriage, my life was filled with moves. I moved between semesters and usually at the beginning and end of the summer school sessions. Fortunately most of the apartments I lived in were furnished and all my earthly belongings fit into my 1964 Ford Falcon. Old Blue was not air-conditioned so if sometimes an ironing board hung out a back window a little, it wasn’t an issue.  

While I have now lived the majority of my life in the same house, my children followed in my footsteps and made numerous moves throughout their many college years.

“Mom, the dorms are so crowded my roommates and I are renting an apartment for next fall…” and so it began.

“Mom, can Dad and you help me move next weekend? The lease is up on our apartment, and my roommates and I are moving into an older home close to campus. Oh, and can you bring some cleaning supplies?”

One of my sons is a CPA, and he might be able to total up the times his three siblings and he moved during the course of their combined college years, but that type of computation is far above the capabilities I acquired in the basic business math class of my long ago freshman year at college.

I’ve been blessed to have these children and their many moves in my life. I’m grateful, too, for my strong back and the quality and variety of cleaning supplies now available. Still, I probably won’t get my closets cleaned without a move on my part. Care to guess who is going to help me move?