Life With Three

We’re almost packed.  The boys keep asking what we’re doing with this toy or that clothing, and I am doing my best to explain that some things are being given away to people who need clothes, and that other items are coming with us to Tegucigalpa.  The rest will stay in South Bend for the year with Emma and Papa, until we get a larger shipping allowance and can take the rest of our stuff with us to our next post (which will happen once Michael-John is a regular employee instead of a fellow, hopefully next summer).  We’re selling a good bit of furniture, which is a bit confusing for Jacob.  He asked me Thursday, “Why that lady take our couch?”… It’s hard to explain Craigslist to a 2 year-old. 

As hard as it’s been to get rid of stuff, or to put things back in storage for another year (after storing most of our belongings for 2+ years while we were at the Finca), it’s been good for us.  We really try to live the pillar of simplicity, and while simplicity here looks different than it did at the Finca (no more cold showers or 2-inch thin mattresses), we’re hoping to get rid of a lot of our extraneous belongings and simplify our outside-life a little bit, in hopes of also simplifying our inside selves. 

[n.b.: While I was in the middle of writing this post, the girl called about picking up my super-comfy desk chair...we did re-think selling it for just a few minutes, but then figured we may as well since it probably wouldn't fit in the truck.  I am sad to lose it, though...]

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