After one year of California living, my sister is moving back to her home state of Ohio!
Kate's car left for home several days ago.
Kate's moving van is too big for her apartment complex, so the initial pickup was done in a U-Haul and then transferred to the "mother" moving van.
Kate has done enough packing and unpacking and packing...etc...to last a long time.
Kate captured her beloved cat, Whimsey, in this very telling picture.
Like this room, life in California felt very empty. Her daughter, son-in-law, and grandson lived over an hour away and they have a busy and full life. Kate loved visiting them as their schedules allowed, but her own life was missing all she had ever known and as she discovered...treasured.
The constant California sunlight Kate looked forward to was not enough to make up for the beauty of the changing seasons and was therefore fractured...much like in this picture.
My sister views this past year as a time of personal evolution...much healing and reflection took place and she is focused and at peace with herself and filled with an unbounding sense of joy now that she is coming home.
Kate is returning with a devout appreciation of the past, but more importantly, an eager and postive anticipation of the road ahead.
Four of the five siblings will be within "family gathering" range on very short notice and my own heart couldn't be happier!
Kate's journey continues...
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