Leaving

The last month prior to moving to Switzerland was very busy. I was hoping to get this blog started before we left, but that did not happen. We were quite busy keeping our house clean for the numerous showings we had, selling our cars, completing a ton of paperwork to be able to move to switzerland, ect. ect. 




You never realize how much stuff you have until you begin to sort through it all. Everything we owned had to go into these catagories: ship, sell, store, goodwill, give away, trash.  Through this process I realized again that I am not, whether good or not, very attached to by belongings. It really did not cause me much sorrow to get rid of things. I found it quite nice to get rid of possessions that really just made for clutter in the house.

Leaving people is the hard part. We had lived in the Iowa City area for 5 years and had made many great friends through work, church, school, and interests. It takes awhile to make strong friendships and that is one of the things that makes me most anxious to move. And then there is leaving family. That is not fun, especially when you have a cute 6 month old daughter. Needless to say we are thankful for modern technology so our families can hopefully see Hannah grow and change.