Joy in the Journey

Packing

When parents send their children off to college there is a bit of stress in what moves to college and what is stored at home. For missionary kids the process also involved sorting through a lifetime of memories to decide what stays and what goes. This is how I spent my Saturday. One day after she graduated Rachael had to take on the painstaking task of shifting through all she held dear and deciding what would stay in Romania and what made it into the five tubs she and her family were transporting back to America. There is no easy way to do this. Additionally she is the oldest of four sister - all of whom share clothes, jewelry and shoes. Fortunately all negotiations were successful, clothing redistributed and tubs filled.
She will begin college in that fall, and as with many kids her age, will be leaving behind all that is familiar (despite being foreign to most). She has a new adventure ahead of her. Learning to drive, using a checking account, using US dollars. After conquering that, college should be a cake walk!

posted by Laura Wilson @ 10:07:00 PM