Widow's Endorphins: Moving Heaven and Earth

Widow's Endorphins: Moving Heaven and Earth: It's heaven on earth...and I moved heaven and earth to get here!  After nearly three decades of living in Eastern Canada, I arri...

Moving Heaven and Earth

It's heaven on earth...and I moved heaven and earth to get here!  After nearly three decades of living in Eastern Canada, I arrived in my hometown of Vancouver on a rainy Sunday morning.  The city is beautiful in the rain, and spectacular when the clouds lift, to reveal the majestic mountains.  I cry tears of joy every day, just taking in the splendor of this city by the sea.  I am blessed!

Nearly thirty years of yearning to be back on the Westcoast, did not get me here.  I've learned from very caring friends, that yearning and desire won't move heaven and earth the way declared intention and action will.  It's not enough to talk about it, you need to do something about it, and set a "by when" date.  

I left most of the furniture back in Toronto, bringing only those things which meant the most to me. Unpacking the Remington bronze statues, Indigenous art, my small collection of Madonnas, a silver tea set, and two sets of china, was exciting and nerve wracking.  I worried about breakage.  The contents of one box - a crystal water pitcher, my favourite handpainted blue serving bowl, a teacup and a saucer were completely destroyed.  While I was heartsick, they were things, not people.  Things can be replaced.  

Many of my friends have wished me well in this new chapter in my life.  I had a realization that, my return to Vancouver is more than a new chapter in my life, it is a new book - a sequel to all that has come before - and I am writing it! 

Photographs Copyright of:  Ruth Adams, Widow's Endorphins Photographic Images Incorporated.