Decorating for the first Christmas in my new house after a moving from Ohio to Texas started out exciting as we determined where we should put the tree and hung the stockings on the new fireplace mantel. I sang along to “Deck the Halls” as I unpacked décor boxes like a giddy kid on actual Christmas morning.Continue reading “Top it off”
Author Archives: Jesse Prentiss
Seeing Their Faith
The Bible contains a story that is retold in 3 of the 4 gospel books about a paralyzed man who was healed spiritually and physically through the faith of his friends. “Four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They couldn’t get to Jesus through the crowd, so they dug through the clay roofContinue reading “Seeing Their Faith”
Separate
I knew Texas summers where going to be stupid hot when we moved here. But what I didn’t know was Texas summers get so stupid hot that if the clay soil is not watered it will separate from the house risking a cracked foundation. Growing up in Michigan where keeping water out your basement was an ongoing battle, I couldn’t graspContinue reading “Separate”
What to expect when you are expecting… a move.
So you’re expecting a new life. Congratulations! Consider me your moving midwife, after 7 moves and 2 babies I have learned that each move, like each pregnancy, is a unique experience. Here my mover’s guide that reassuringly addresses ten expectations of movers-to-be based on my experience as a mover and a mother, from the announcementContinue reading “What to expect when you are expecting… a move.”
Open letter to the closed
Dear those that are closed to newcomers, We might not be able to keep it small y’all but we can keep it charming. The social media feed is blowing up with articles on growth projections. The yellow earth movers are moving out cattle and wildlife to make homes for people. Things are new, change is happeningContinue reading “Open letter to the closed”
On Your Plate
When you move, it is like your plate gets flipped. It’s messy. It is important to grieve the things that were lost off your plate. It is also important start over and put new things on your plate. Divide a paper plate into three parts. Reflected on your losses, write down something you miss about where you movedContinue reading “On Your Plate”
Crack Pipe
When we purchased our Texas house, the inspector discovered a water leak in the kitchen wall from the outside of the house. Kindly the homeowner agreed to cover the repairs. Little did any of us realize how much damage this leak had caused trickling for years unseen. The mold and damage was extensive and expensiveContinue reading “Crack Pipe”
Impress or Impact?
It is said you need to know where you’ve been before you can know where you are going. Reflecting 2015 will help give you resolution for 2016. When I reflect on the “Moving On After Moving In” class I hosted this fall, my hope in the beginning was that it would be impressive. So many people areContinue reading “Impress or Impact?”
More Than Time
I lied and I need to take it back. I’ve consoled myself and others that it just will take more time to feel settled in after a move and that it will just happen with time. Truth is it take more than time. A wound will heal in time but it also has to stay cleanContinue reading “More Than Time”
From Apples to Avocados
It is fall on the calendar but the thermometer has me still thinking summer. I am in the process of accepting that the fall of my expectation isn’t coming. Having lived in Michigan and Ohio my whole life autumn means colorful leaves falling like confetti celebrating wonderful things like sweaters, leaf piles to jump in, andContinue reading “From Apples to Avocados”
