SOS...I Need Help Moving

I'm going to do something that goes against my nature and ask for help.  I'm moving July 3rd and I need help packing and getting my things to the new place. 

I'll have a packing party on Friday, June 28th.  Tuesday, July 3 I'll need help transporting small items and clothing and supervising the loading/ unloading of the moving truck I've hired. I also have some men to do the heavy lifting so everyone's back is safe!  On the 4th or 5th, I'll need help cleaning the old place.  Please let me know if you can come.

This brings back memories of moving into this apartment almost two and a half years ago. When I was preparing to leave the old place it was sorting through my cookie cutters that made me lose it.  I told myself I would be ruthless and get rid of everything that wasn't practical or REALLY important.  

These didn't seem to make the cut.   I put about 2/3's of them to the side to give away. Who needs that many cookie cutters? It ripped me apart.  It's the little things, isn't it?

I still get a catch in my throat when I picture Andy in his grownup body holding the grocery bag of cookie cutters up and pointing out just how ridiculous it was to think I had to give those away.  He'd certainly held them many times before in his little boy body. 

"Mom," shaking the bag, "this hardly takes up any room!  You don't have to make this decision right now!"  

He made me laugh when I saw how ridiculous that self imposed rule was.  I thought I was just being practical.  I hadn't used many of them in years and only kept the special ones I'd use someday with grandchildren or for doggie showers.  There was one shaped like a bone and another like a little paw. (I kept ALL of the cookie cutters.)

 Life is so much better now!  I've learned to be more grateful and more positive about my life.  I am a fortunate woman.

So this is the beginning of yet another era.  Please contact me directly if you can help me take the first steps in that direction by helping me move some boxes!   I really need help and appreciate whatever you can do.  In the meantime, just mental support and general encouragement with do the trick.  Thank you!  xo  mgking@mac.com

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Breathing Room

Point Magu, High Tide                         10x10 oil, available

I stand for hours at the easel watching patterns of light and shadow dance across the waves. 

Here the spray from the ocean cooled my face and I still taste its salt on my lips... I perched on the lowest ledge I could reach and lost myself in a dream.  I can still take myself back to this place. 

While I paint, the tide turns and the light shifts. My feet connect with the earth and I respond to what I see and feel. I dance across the canvas with my brush.  The energy of the waves and the earth pass all the way through me.  My whole body moves back and forth as we connect.  Each stroke is part of me, the ocean,  and my beloved tools.  There is a dynamic cycle of energy that only happens if I'm here. The  energy passes through me, onto the canvas and out again.  I become the witness to this moment in time-space.  There is no greater privilege than to be a part of creation.  I am grateful.