Does it fit?

              I'm not one for spring cleaning but in making my move to California I've decided to forgo shipping my furniture and start fresh aka sell/donate/giveaway everything but basically my everyday clothes. 

             As taxing as the process was, it was also surprisingly cathartic. The process became very simple when I realized a lot of items I hadn't touched in the two years I lived in Louisville; be it a dress that hung untouched in my closet or a box that collected dust in my storage unit.

You could say I know a thing or two about packing light...my freshman year in college all my dorm stuff fit in my mom's car!

          It was harder to let go of some things that held memories but I realized in giving them away someone else could have new memories. Some of those "memories" while good at the time have grown sour...why hold on to a dress I last wore to a formal event with an ex? Should I hold on to a dresser drawer I walked by for 2 years and didn't use? 
Covetousness and or not letting go of things is something I have to work to counter each day.
    “‘Watch out! Be on guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” Luke 12: 15

       As scary as it is to start fresh I know it has purpose

       “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; so you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43: 18-19

       I can't wait to see the new memories I make in California!

     “He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.” Psalm 40:3