When I chose the title Transitions for this blog, it was with a slight nag at the back of my mind that it is a boring, uncreative name for a blog about two people moving to another country! Yet, it says it all. We found out last week that our moving company messed up, and our container will be over a month late in arriving. Our initial deep frustration has died down (partly due to the fact that the shipping company's apology included financial compensation and a very real acknowledgment that they were in the wrong) and we have come to terms with the fact that for the next month, we'll be getting settled without our belongings. However, I can't shake the feeling that just when we'll be starting to feel at home, we'll be facing it all again when our crate arrives - the transition prolonged even further. We miss our things: they represent the life we had together in Grand Rapids - a life continued in Edinburgh. And so while we try to live a life content with what we have for the time being, we do look forward to the day that lorry (truck) drives up our street and unloads our things.
More later!
3 comments:
Fi and Brian - you two are so calm, cool and collected. Imagine that two short months from now, this time will be a (hopefully) amusing memory! It’s wonderful to follow your experiences through your blog (as I’ve said before…). What a warm, reassuring start God has blessed you with in your life in Scotland.
:) Love, Alicia
Fi and Brian - you two are so calm, cool and collected. Imagine that two short months from now, this time will be a (hopefully) amusing memory! It’s wonderful to follow your experiences through your blog (as I’ve said before…). What a warm, reassuring start God has blessed you with in your life in Scotland.
You know they call that point in labor in between the contractions that cause most of the dilation and those that will push the baby out "transition labor." And there typically is no way to predict just how long it will last -- but it is the most intense and at the very end of (usually) a long process. Fortunately, it is also the shortest amount of time as well. So... take it from this old L&D nurse -- new birth is coming very soon now, even though it feels pretty overwhelming right now.
Yup -- transitions is just the right word after all!
Love to you both
Katharine
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