So…we were gearing up for the move back home* on Thursday the 30th of October. It’s been hairy these last few weeks with juggling the remaining work on the house, doing the refinancing document dance in order to pay for it, moving things from various temporary storage units into a few rooms for later organizing, etc…
Our Good Contractor called on Tuesday to say the bathroom sink won’t be delivered until Saturday, and the plumber will install it on Monday and Tuesday…so we can’t go back home until next Wednesday.
A good friend excitedly shared that the Full Beaver Supermoon peaks on that very day…the fifth of November, 2025—exactly on our homecoming day!
Kinda nifty that is…I mean, beavers are some of the most amazing home building allies we could ask for to mark this momentous occasion. And the delay is actually a relief at this point, because the refinished bedroom set finally got back to where it belongs (if not fully assembled yet). The room is properly painted and sufficiently heated now, so we can organize ourselves in there over the next days, and cozy up with Nova while the house gets finished.
It’s a comfort for us to recreate such a space, and we’re calling it the Artifact Room. It was important for the Young One to preserve that one space in the house as best we can, since literally everything else is brand new, and for the moment, unfamiliar. Sometimes, holding onto the past is necessary to be able to move forward.
By way of personal and vulnerable disclosure, we both are in need of some brain rewiring to be free of the trauma response that pretty much always dwells just beneath the surface for both of us. It’s going to take more than talking, so I’ve been looking into EMDR.** We’ll likely embark on that journey once we’re home, and there’s no more need for the continued presence of skilled tradesmen in the house.
* We had a house fire in March of 2024. To read about the ensuing journey, search “Update from the Field.”
** EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy technique that helps people process and reduce distress from traumatic memories by guiding bilateral sensory stimulation, such as eye movements, while recalling the event.