Hello world!

As I sit here, warm in my bed at 108 Gold Hill Court, Samson curled up and purring on my chest, J snoozing next to me, I am thinking of all the things yet left to do today, and the whirlwind this week and the next will become.  Can you blame me for savoring the last bits of “normalcy” and comfort of life as I know it, or rather, life as I love it?  A specific quote by Mark Twain rings in my ears.  Twain says,

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

This quote has reentered my life recently after six long years, and it serves as a good reminder as I embark on a journey I am both incredibly nervous and excited for – though stressed seems to be the emotion at hand currently.  I am sailing away from my safe harbor – my people, my place.  And I am sailing away from this deep-seated desire to settle.  To put down roots and grow deep.  But the momentum of my life keeps carrying me on (thankfully) and I am hoping that by offering up my own life’s momentum to chance, that some day I will discover that I am exactly and accurately right where I am meant to be.  So watch me sail forth, world, let’s sip champagne to my safe return.  I’ll catch you on the flipside.