The Greenroom

Well it has been an emotional and strange time for me over the last few months. I have (as of this weekend) moved into a house that I designed and had a friend build. This marks the first time that I have ever lived away from home. Granted this may seem very insignificant to most anyone who has spent even a semester away from their family at college but I haven't. I moved all of my furniture and posessions into the house and they are not coming home. I have been so busy that I haven't even had time to think about what it would be like once I moved in. I just started grabing stuff and loading it up as if it were another thing on the list that I needed to mark off. As I was getting ready to jump into my car to make the first of many runs between my parents house and my "new" house" I gave my mother a hug. I couldn't see her face but I knew this hug was like a hug I hadn't gotten in a very long time. She hugged me very hard, she didn't want to let go and neither did I. She cried and told me that she was happy for me and understood that I needed to go but that didn't make it any easier. I hate to see my mother cry. I will be the first to admit that I love my mom more than anything. I would do anything for her. My dad was upset too but both of us played it off like men do. We kind of puched each other and grunted but it meant the world to me. I love everything about my dad as well. He is the (earthly) person that I look to and wish I could live more like. I don't know what I would do without either of them. They are so much wiser than I feel like I will ever be. Even still I shoot for what they have been able to accomplish with their lives and use that as a yardstick against my own accomplishments.

My brother was right there by my side through most of the day of moving furniture back and forth. My brother is someone that I look to for inspiration when I don't feel like going for it any more. He is an incredibly hard worker and the word that pops into mind about him is integrity. He is younger than I am but has more character than most people develop in a lifetime. He has always been by my side. We surf together whenever we can and those are the times that I love the most.I love him just as much as my parents. The strange thing is that we couldn't be more opposite. He is very methodical and detailed and I am very layed back in my approach to things. It works out well though and I know that we will have a long life of helping each other out with our weaknesses.

# posted by Tim @ 4:06 PM