march madness

the move is finally

final.

three weekends to get stuff

three trucks packed full

a week of illness

three days cleaning

tired muscles...

and i wish this was an april fools joke,

but last night the guest room flooded.

a pipe froze and burst.

the floor was soaked,

the walls were soaked,

but we are choosing to smile.

okay, papa bear is choosing to smile

that's why i'm behind the camera,

because i wasn't smiling.

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on my last day in tooele,

exhausted and worn to the bone,

i cried like a baby as i drove away

from that beautiful house.

it's no longer ours.

i so didn't plan on having that reaction.

after putting so much care into

leaving it immaculately cleaned and

remembering all the good times

and hard work that went into

creating that house

i couldn't help but get emotional.

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now...

no more talk of moving.

we will talk of other things...

like pulling down wallpaper,

ripping out curtains,

replacing carpet

painting

scooping up millions of leaves

preparing the garden

finding new surprises in this rad house

and

with each new obstacle that decides to pop by

i will CHOOSE to smile,

maybe through the tears,

but smiling nonetheless.

TO NEW ADVENTURES!!

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