Two months of cleaning out closets and de-cluttering the house in preparation for selling it. Two months of waiting for physicals to clear, new passports to be completed, Realtors to interview, forms to fill out for importing a dog. Two months of trying to plan meals around items we have in our basement, keeping the house straightened up, and getting our dog on anxiety medicine. Two months of making lists of things to buy, things to do and people to notify. Two months of giving up two preschool spots that are pretty difficult to come by, researching how to send our 2nd car overseas without having to sell a child to pay for it, and looking at preschools on the Internet.
A few years ago a friend of mine was undergoing a quick and unexpected move, and while she was having a hard time with it her husband told her to "roll with it." In the subsequent years she has learned more about rolling with it that she (or he) ever expected. We often talk about learning to roll with it. It doesn't mean that we are becoming all zen and laid back about whatever situations that we end up in. It really means that we are learning to accept things for what they are and are trying to be graceful in that acceptance.
Meanwhile we only have a date of October 10. We don't know when the movers will be coming, we don't know when we will fly there, we don't know how long we will have one (or none) car. We don't know how long it will take our things to get to us. We don't know where will be living! All of this is out of our hands. The government is scheduling the movers, buying our plane tickets, renting our house and shipping our things to us. Roll with it!
I've heard God is in the details. I've also heard the devil is in the details. So which is it? I guess God is in the details and He is teaching me about letting go of the things I can't control and accept that all of the details will be revealed to me in their own good time. A month ago I didn't know about October 10th. I can't wait to see what will be revealed to be in the coming month. Meanwhile I'll be practicing this.
