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Did you ever notice that when something big is coming up in your life, time seems to divide into the known Before and the unknown After? A priest friend who reads this blog says that in this sort of circumstance she gets "very eschatological". And cleans!
I have washed, dried, folded, and put away every stitch of clothing I own, except for what I'm wearing now and tomorrow. If I'm destined never to return, at least my undies are clean.
(Note: I thought I had published this one on 8/8, but apparently not.)
Absolutely. Sometime events are "out of time" and so time has to conform itself to the event. And putting ourselves to a task (like laundry or cleaning) supports the illusion that 1) we have some semblance of control over all this, and 2) if I do this normal thing than everything else will be normal also. Through it all, though, we know the truth deep down inside that something extraordinary is happening and we will never be quite the same.
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