“It’s just as hard to go back to a place you once left, as it is to leave it again.” ― Charlotte Eriksson
Now that I’ve created expectations I offer this disclaimer. This is not a moving story ― as in moved to tears or moved to laughter. I’m simply mixing metaphors ― that’s what I do. On the contrary, this story is about packing boxes and totes to schlep across town to my new home, after sorting through the ephemera of my life, then shredding, saving, or throwing away the paper trail. Yet, as I’ve recently learned during this experience, both tears and laughter took me by surprise and took me places from the past. Like an archaeologist exploring a lost civilization, I discovered orphaned relics and forgotten memories. Continue reading