It Was a Grand Weekend
Moving is considered one of the most stressful
experiences. No one moves without a good
reason because it is so much work. Like
everyone else sisters move. Why? We move for many reasons: a change of
ministry, a desire to downsize and simplify life, a desire for community and,
because we mostly are renters, an increase in rent or a change in ownership of
the property.
I live with one other sister and we moved from a rental
house to an apartment complex on the other side of town where other of our Dominicans
of Sinsinawa live. So, we moved because
we wanted to downsize and so that we could be part of the community that has
formed there in the past year!
Moving was a community event. Sisters and an associate carried and unpacked
boxes, put together furniture, fixed food, hosted slumber parties and
laughed a lot all weekend. See
accompanying photo for proof!! Moving
can be a harrowing experience, but sharing it with them made it fun! That’s just one of the things about
community!
Of what experiences of community does this story remind you?
Mary Ann Nelson, O.P.
Madison WI
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