The tracking number stated that my mini chandeliers had been delivered yesterday to my front porch! Â At 8pm last night I looked again…
Front porch, back porch, neighbor’s porch… Â no packages.
This morning I pulled up the email to get the customer service phone number and there it was in black and white. Â Delivered to my old house on Del Monte Avenue.
Panic set in.. Â The new owners have sprawled “return to sender” on everything they have received with my name on it- even though I left them my email and phone number in case of said scenario.
I had formed an opinion of “them” as being uncaring and hostile.
I gathered my courage, washed my face, threw on some clothes and got in my car- destination Del Monte Avenue- before I had a moment to change my mind.  I had not been back to my old house since I moved almost a year ago- not even to drive down the street- although I got a quick view in my peripheral vision when I would drive down Llagas Road before my new development created a street with more direct access.
Not even a quarter mile away yet worlds away…  I pulled up in front of the house and jumped out.  I had a handwritten note to leave just in case no one answered the door (which I expected).  It was only 8am and even though I’m usually awake for hours by then, the rest of the world sleeps in.
She answered the door, clad in a bathrobe, mascara smeared and hair in disarray. Â She was so kind! Â “Oh, they are in the garage! Â Let me go and open it!”
In my imagination I walked with her through the sunlit entry and into my cheerful kitchen.  Past the breakfast nook and through the faithful laundry room.  I opened the garage door and then I met this stranger in the driveway.
And it was me.
I asked “Are you enjoying the house?”
She responded “Yes! Â I’d love to ask you in but…”
Little did she know that I had already been inside.  And it was lovely.
I have done the grieving and I’m feeling quite content in my new home.  But this has been the graced moment that I have needed to complete my transition.
On this very beautiful Good Friday morning I have received a special delivery.
And I am finally delivered.
Nice! Butch
Quite a delivery system. Glad it worked out!
Beautiful post, Rosemarie! May you and your family have a joyous Easter filled with Our Blessed Savior’s stillness, grace, and light.