Sunday Sentiments: Calm

 

            Back at the beginning of April, we had some water damage in our living room, so we ended up pulling out all the furniture, ripping out the carpet (to dry and save it) and since then, we’ve been walking on ripped carpet padding covered with beach towels. (There might be some specific reasons why this is not first and foremost a home décor blog.)

            Originally we thought we would just leave it all ripped up until we could put it back together, but after a week of pretending our bed was a couch, we gave up on that plan, put everything back on the aforementioned padding and towels and resumed living in a somewhat awkward-flooring environment,

            This week the guys came to put the carpet back, Ryan shampooed it, and then we spent about two hours putting everything back the way it had been.

            I wanted to sit right down and cry after that.

            It’s a silly thing, really. It’s just living room carpet. It’s completely a first-world problem. But I can’t explain the exhale that came with the return of normalcy in that room.

            We crave calm. Not just the “we” of Ryan and Bekah, but all of us. We need a place to go that is comforting and calm. We need a place of respite. And when that safe space is out of sorts, we are out of sorts.

            On this day of rest, I hope your heart has a calm place to rest, rejuvenate, and refresh.

            Much love to you, friends.