20150616.004 - I HAVE MOVED

20150616.004 - I HAVE MOVED

OK!  I’VE MOVED! (Massive trumpet fanfare!) The fanfare isn’t for me moving.  It is for me getting an apartment, getting moved into it and feeling somewhat settled in my new home. I own my life to my friends Eli & Richard and for putting up with me for so long. I also owe my life to my daughter who, through all of it, never gave up on me and still considers me part of the family.  My son, is another story.  He wants nothing to do with me and has gone so far as to request that I stop texting him.  So, that is what I have done. My friends Rollin, Michelle, Mike, Art, and so many more that I am forgetting right now, have also been there for me to talk, to struggle with, and so on and so forth. A major THANK YOU to everyone who still considers me someone you want to be with.

But, with moving comes something that I haven’t done for sometime.  CLEANING HOUSE.  When my son dropped off my stuff before he claimed I was rejecting him, I began unpacking and realized that I had a lot of stuff that doesn’t need to be carried around all the time.  Much of it was in the form of papers and old bills.  So, I started shredding. A side note, I must confess that there is a catharsis in shredding bills. You all should try it sometime. At any rate, shredding bills, throwing away other things that are considered useless, garbage, or whatever, and generally trying to pare down has been the major task at hand. But, in paring down, I realize that there is also some emotional baggage that I need to shuck. And so, here is the focus of this blog.  TO those I have wronged, I am sorry and I ask for your forgiveness.  To those who have wronged me, (like my son) I am working diligently to rid myself of those hurt feelings and I am in process of forgiving you. I say “process” because it is just that - a process that takes time. Therefore, consider yourselves forgiven, (even though I am still working at it.) Blessings to you all.