Transitions...

Finally...empty nest.  At least technically.  Hannah bought a house.  Claire moved in with her.  So they are moved in...but not moved out.

It's a weird time.  The chaos of the move...mess and belongings tucked everywhere call out to be found and transferred.  The creation of new routines and revamping relationships have begun but only barely.  It will take a while to create this new world of empty nest.  Blessings are to be found in the creation of new life.  And old ways will have to die for new ways to take hold.

It is, perhaps, appropriate that this coincides with the last days of Advent.  Because the comfort of Advent is we are waiting in the old life.  We wait impatiently, but at least we wait in the comfort of what we know.   When God comes, both then and now, a new life starts.  Things are not the same.  Things can never be the same in the starlight that illuminates the redemption of humankind.

Its a weird time, and about to get weirder if we really let go and follow God into this new way of life.  Watch that star...it's getting closer...