As Bruce and I near the one year anniversary (December 23) of arriving in New Hampshire- I think back to an almost more important date of Dec 21st - the day we left Kansas. We left a place where we had lived for most of our adult lives - a comfortable place - a safe place. It was early evening on a Tuesday - we had packed for nearly 4 days. We were tired and anxious. Picking and choosing what e...lse would fit in the moving truck was a difficult task. We were blessed to have neighbors David and Elaine who put us up for a few nights. And to other friends and neighbors who helped and hugged. It was a tough task to decide what to take and what to leave behind - stuff is stuff. And it tests your limits to decide if particular stuff will be needed or necessary in your life going forward. And then there are the people that we left behind in Kansas - I know in my heart of hearts that some of them I will never see again. But some have already been to visit and hopefully more will come to visit in the future. And I know that we will be back in KS in 2012 - Bruce has his 40th high school reunion - so we will make a trip out of it. "What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.” ― Henry David Thoreau