Monday, December 30, 2013

Day 5 - emptying

This is a view from an apartment window where we were working today. I helped to clean out what was left behind so that the owner can redo the apartment. Not so long ago we were doing the same thing with a house that had been sold. It's interesting, and sometimes sad, to see what people walk away from: family Christmas ornaments, photos, documents, clothes, shoes, games, cleaning supplies, but never the toilet paper.
It was a process of emptying what was left of the prior occupants in preparation for the new ones. I know this process all too well, we have had five addresses in a span of six years. Today, looking out the window at this view for a few brief moments truly made me think about what matters most, and it wasn't so much the stuff. Maybe it's time to make my home reflect that even more.

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