A Burning in My Heart
It feels like forever since I've posted, and in many ways it has been. Aside from my Christmas post, it's been several months. My heart has been sitting in the stillness, despite the chaos that has been the last several months. In early November, I found a foot and half of water in my basement. I lost some things that were important like my treadmill and chest freezer. Oh, and the furnace was under water. I lost a lot of, well, crap. Stuff. Stuff that really didn't matter. My cousin dropped by with his fishing waders and helped me get things in order. Everything was everywhere, stuff was floating, boxes opened.... It. Was. A. Mess. In just another week I had plans to travel, and there was so much to do. Eighteen bags of soppy wet stuff hauled away. Among them was the planner from the year of my divorce. It was a time of realizing that there were things I needed to let go of. There were hopes and dreams dashed, and plans made. Even more there were feelings that just need...