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life changes
June 5, 2007 | |
over the weekend, my family and i left the house we’ve been renting for the past five years and moved into a bigger, albeit simple, abode of our own.
it was a physically draining actvity - having to pack and unpack all those stuff (most of them non-essentials) we have accumulated over the years. but more than that, it was the feeling of dislocation that made this weekend activity a bit discomforting.
moving out is an emotion-laden task. it means leaving the environment you’ve become accustomed to and conversely, facing the challenge of adapting to a new one. it means leaving the roofs under which you’ve began building your dreams; shared good and bad times or activity-filled or lazy days with your family. it’s true the memories are here to stay but still there’s an unexplained sense of loss in having the physical things or places associated with those memories gone or simply left behind.
to my eldest son, it means leaving behind his best friend and playmate. so the last time he asked me if he’s still gonna see his best friend or if his best friend can probably regularly come drop by our new house to play with him, i felt his pain.
so the next time i am to see on t.v. a demolition work by government authorities in some squatter shanties in the metro, i’ll have a better appreciation and understanding of their plight and why the so much emotion being captured and flashed on the boob tube.
i am thankful and glad the activity is over last weekend.
