We finally buckled down yesterday and got everything sorted. Keep. Sell. Toss. As my mom and I sat sorting though everything we ended up with 2 take and 9 sell boxes. What!? Granted we can't take much but still. 9 sell? Why did I have all this stuff if I could get rid of it so quickly. It made me start thinking about how much we just fill our space. Not with anything of real value or need but just for the sake of filling it up.
We read books, so we get a bookshelf. Since we have a boo shelf now we need pictures and nik-nacks to sit on top of the book shelves. Then we buy a fancy Swiffer to clean all this stuff. Then we spend our precious time and energy maintaing all this stuff.
I'm not saying its wrong to want or have any of those things, obviously I'm guilty of this as well. But I started to think about how fleeting it all is; how quickly I just tossed it all in the "sell" pile. I realized we could live in a house half the size, have half the amount of things and have twice as much time to spend doing things together as a family. I realized the only things I cared to pack were pictures, books and a few special items. And those items are only special cause they were given to us by friends and family. It made me think about how all that really matters is being together as a family. I'm even not as scared as I was about all four of us living in one room for the next twelve months. Ekkk. Okay still a little scared ;)
Packing was scaring and exciting. The first step to feeling like this is really happening. So as I sit in this half empty room, no pictures on the wall, 2 cups in the cabinets and boxes everywhere I'm realizing this is real. Very real. I would say I packed our life away these last two days but I'd be lying. I packed a bunch of stuff that's pretty and sometimes gets in the way of life. Life is Luis and Nico and Charlotte.
Life is about to get a whole lot more interesting. Eric, Denise, Christian, James and Nana here we come. Ready or not!
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