Emptying Closets, Daily Life and Cardboard Boxes

 Hi everyone!

Sorry that I went MIA for a short time.

Things started moving too fast for me and when that happens I have learned to center into myself and my faith.

This place I currently live in.

In December of 2025 I received a random text asking me if I wanted to rent this home which was sitting empty.

I knew that it was the path being laid out before me.

How did I know that?

Well, I had been sick.  Heartbroken.  Sad.  Lost my sense of purpose.  Lost my faith.

But I had written on my calendar at the beginning of that December...

December has 31 Days.

Trust God.

So I knew with this random text on December 28 of 2025 that this is the direction I needed to go.

The move was a nightmare.  My health was terrible.  My kids had to do almost all of the packing and moving and they helped with some of the unpacking.

I found myself in this big place - three bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.   I found myself traveling two dirt roads to even get here... and I thought,

what in the heck have I done?

I'm co dependent.

I'm battling depression.

I'm sick with a diagnosed illness.

I'm prone to severe panic attacks when I am alone.

I am alone.

The silence was deafening.

Slowly, I started putting things in order here.

I started lighting white candles again.

My health began to improve drastically.

As more time moved.. the lonliness still was unbearable at times, but I did bear it.

And my faith grew.

In the silence, things shifted and I learned to live with things that I could not change.

And that's the key to most grief.

So fast forward to fifteen months later.

I knew when I moved here that it would be for about a year and then the place would be put on the market to sell.  

So one Thursday evening, I received a phone call that the place was going on the market.  And asked if I was interested in buying it.

I thought of all the healing I had done here.   How I had found myself here.   And I liked who I was.  How I had coped.  Accepted.   How my faith was restored many times more than it ever had been.

How my friends had dubbed this place the Healing House.  Because that's what it was.

And I had created this space of Light and Love and Life.

And I knew that it's purpose for me was done.

There were moments of fear that tried to creep in.   What if it sold fast?  What if I couldn't find another place to live quick enough.  What if  what if what if.

This was March of 2026 and on my calendar had been written, by me at the beginning of the month, before any of this had happened with the plans to sell the home, 

on my calendar it said

March has 31 days. 

Trust God.

So on March 29 of 2026 a friend texted me.

And she had a property to lease that she wanted to show me.

It's still in the country.  Not far from here.  On a paved and state maintained road.   This place I currently live is a double wide, and the new place will be a single wide.  On private land.   Three bedrooms and a bath and a half.   Less space but absolutely perfect for me.

This healing house was on the market for twelve days and it sold.

For twelve days, I kept it realtor ready and many different folks were brought through as I was at work or appointments were made on the weekends or evenings.

The place I am moving to is undergoing a renovation and the timing all fell into place perfectly.

I have the past week or so plus the month of May to get it all packed and ready to move.  My kids will help me once more, but this time, only with the heavy lifting.

This weekend I filled a lot of boxes, emptied some shelves and packed away kitchen stuff I won't be using over the next month.

I emptied one full closed today from the guest bedroom.   I emptied out most of my big closet in my room.   There is still more I plan to do in there over the next week.   The third bedroom here has a large closet as well and it is full with stored boxes and items from my last move.   I hope to have that under control by next weekend.

Over the next few months, I will be sharing about moving from here... and moving to there.

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Today, I finished up all of the laundry and kept the house neat.  Decided to bake a chicken and make a nice dinner so there would be lunches for work for a couple of days.

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Journals are very important to me.  I've talked to you all about the one I just finished that spans twenty years.

I started a new daily journal once I completed that one as well as a new Inspiration journal.  I also have a gratitude journal.

It is my intention to share some of the entries here on Whispering Horn from my Inspiration Journal.

The purpose is this...

I hope my words reach someone who can say "Me too" and they can be a light of hope and strength and inspiration.

If you are struggling, with anything,  please know that you are not alone.

There are many of us.

And my faith tells me, we are never alone anyway.

Entry date - April 19, 2026

""Tonight -

I release what I can no longer hold.

I allow the past to be the past and not the future.

I do not carry what is not mine to fix.

I make space for something new to enter.

I trust that letting go is not losing.

I feel lighter with each quiet release  ~~ Rivers in the Ocean""

My written words...

Such a journey of letting go.  There were so many times I thought I would never be able to.  Not ever.

And even tho it waves through me at times, the memories, the dreams, the what could have beens....

They are less for me now.

The letting go has kind of eased in on me.

No big jolt.

No particular moment.

Just sort of sliding in and replacing all the rest.

Maybe that's how it happens for everyone, but the realization and recognition of it gives me more strength.

I think of my tomorrows as unknown ~ as they should be.

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Frankie says HiYa!!

And I wish you all a wonderful week!

See you next week.

Cheers!

As always, I invite you to check out the YouTube channel.

Shorts are uploaded throughout the week.

I am currently working on the art of making longer videos, editing them etc.

There's a lot to it and I'm enjoying every moment.

But for now... the shorts keep getting added.

Slice of Life style.

Appalachia Whispering Horn

Working with Realtors - a Sale and now Preparations for the Move

I knew when I moved in here fifteen months ago that it was going to be sold eventually.

The opportunity to move here came out of the blue in December of 2025.

The way it happened - I knew I had to follow the path that was being laid out in front of me.

There were times after moving here that I thought I had made a mistake. The isolation. The lonliness. It overwhelmed me the first few months and then still hung around after that.

But very quietly, something shifted.

In the silence I began finding myself. And actually liking who I was. And in the silence I heard the whispers of my faith, even when they became shouts.

A beautiful place was created here. The feeling of peace. Healing. Love and Light.

But the most profound discovery made here was that I deserved all of that.

Some of you may not understand the depth of that.

But I do.

And that's what matters to me.

So, this place was put on the market.

I truly thought I would most likely move back to the city. It seemed the practical thing to do. Closer to work. Easier.

Then, just like this place was laid out before me, it happened again.

I'm moving to the other side of this mountain. Near to where I had a house long ago, with kids still at home, or coming around often. With three black labs and a large weimarainer. A place full of noise and activity and life.

The new place is still in the country, with incredible views of the mountains. It's not on a dirt road tho and is a little closer to work and to town

This move will be just me, Frankie and Sydney. But this time, I am in a different place mentally and spiritually. Here has been dubbed by some of my dear friends as the Healing House. From childhood trauma to adult choices and accepting of things I didn't choose.

I'm downsizing a little in size but it's literally perfect for me. There is a beautful deck on the back . Rolling hills and these mountains that I love. You will see lots of photos I'm sure. hahaha

For a while now, I've been realtor ready as they have brought people through here. At first I dreaded that part, but it wasn't so bad. I was never here when they showed the place but I never had a feeling of invasiveness. And Frankie did fine with the people. Well... she loves people anyway.

So.. for the next bit of time, now that the showings are over, I will be very busy packing and stuff. I do have a lot of stuff. haha. And even tho the last weekend of May seems a bit of time away, it really isn't.

Last time I moved, I was very sick. I couldn't do anything hardly. My kids helped me - well actually, they packed everything. Moved it all and helped me unpack some of the stuff. Becky spent all day one Saturday organizing the enormous closet for me here.

I had my family for Christmas this year and it was awesome. I decorated the entire house and a hawk visited me on Christmas Day, which was the first Christmas day of my life that I was alone. And it wasn't so bad after all.

The place I am moving to is smaller, still three bedrooms and one and a half bath tho. And that beautiful deck on the back. I think its going to be perfect for me and I can't wait to be able to get it set up. It's also in the country but on a paved and state maintained road. A very familiar area and a country store with the best cheeseburgers in the world not very far away.

Now that the place here is sold, I can start truly packing. And with what all my kids had to do for me last time, I want to have all that kind of thing completely finished. So all they will have to do is move the heavy stuff. I'm getting a smaller Uhaul truck this time since its not that far that I'm going and we can make multiple trips. Last time I got the humungous one and my son really didn't like that big ole truck! hahahaha. Cuz I sure wasn't gonna drive it. This time will be better. He's also coming up one weekend in May with a trailer to move some stuff to storage for me. Will make moving day easier. There are boxes in the third bedroom here that I haven't unpacked from moving in here.. so they can just go to storage and I will go through them later. I'm thinking of fall, spending a day there and sorting through years of stuff. Years and years. I think there are probably boxes of school papers from when the kids were in school. I've had that storage room for way more than twenty years. It's just simply a rented attic

Sorry for the long post but I wanted to get it all in. I'll be sharing stuff along the way about it all but i only wanted to say all this once.

For those who follow Whispering Horn, I have notdone a post on there for a few weeks now.. but this same post will be shared there tonight. I'll get back to the every Monday morning posts this weekend. I usually do them on Sunday and schedule them to post on Monday mornings.

Thanks for reading this if you made it this far!

Love y'all.

I will be back weekly starting next Monday.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Donations- packing and Moving towards my Next Adventure

 Hi everyone!

I found out last Thursday that this place I have made my home for thirteen months is going on the market to sell. 

I knew this would be when I moved in over a year ago. 

This has been the Healing House for me. 

A year of isolation, solitude and getting to know myself 

For the next bit of time, I’ll be sharing what’s next.  

I’ve already found my next home.  And I can never tell you how excited I am to make it my space.  

And this next home that I create the feeling for... this will be the Authentic House.

But for now- it’s packing up this one- sorting- donating and thinking about tomorrow.  

Short blog this week!   

In the transition phase.

I'll be back next Monday with a much longer slice of my life post.

I will continue to upload shorts on the YouTube channel.

Here are todays.

Be happy!!  Spend time with yourself.

Love yourself.

Love one another.

Allow.

Don't worry so much.

Just allow.

Appalachia Whispering Horn

 

Cheers to you all!!

Frankie says hiya♥

Dragon Fruit - a Strawberry Cake and some Marigold Seeds

 Hi Everyone and Happy Spring if you are in the northern hemisphere!

It's been a typical spring so far here in Virginia.   Warm days, rainy days, some windy cold days and then a day like Sunday when I was tempted to turn the AC on.   But I made do with the ceiling fans and a floor fan.

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First thing I want to talk about is Dragon Fruit.

I have seen it but had never tried it in my entire life.

My little grand daughter spent the weekend with me.  At the grocery store, she asked for one.  She was astounded that I had never tried one.

So... I did.

And I really liked it.   I looked it up too and it's very good for you.

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Was  truly beautiful weekend.  On Saturday, we decided to get some food from Sonic and go to the park.

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I had a lot of laundry to do this weekend and some light yard work that I wanted to get done.  I also worked on the crochet projects, watched some favorite YouTube channels and read quite a bit.

On Sunday, Olivia and I had plans to just stay here at home all day.   We needed to fill the bird feeders and had some marigold seeds to plant.

Also, last week when thrifting I bought a clear glass cake plate with a glass cover.   I mentioned before, but I have always wanted one.

So we made a strawberry cake.

 

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While we were shopping on Saturday, we decided on three different kinds of marigold seeds.

Last year, the deer ate every flower I tried to put outside.  Including a beautiful sunflower that we had planted from seed.

I read that they normally do not like Marigolds so that's what we decided on.  They will be in big pots and not in the ground. 

I also had a aloe vera in the house that was not gonna make it.  We took it outside and changed the dirt and the pot.   I took a few of the wilted babies and put them in their own pot.   Olivia took two parts and planted them. Hoping for the best.

While I was at Walmart on Saturday, I bought the yarn to begin a blanket for one of my daughters.  She likes dragonflies and they will be worked into the pattern.

I'm also working on two small surprise items for my daughter in England.

As these are finished and gifted, then I will share photos.

Slowly working through the pile of unfinished items that I spoke of before.  Hope to have some completion photos by next week.

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Focus has been on forgiveness and generosity in my journaling and spiritual/bible studies.

Something that really stuck with me about forgiveness.

It's not something you do "for" someone else.  It's a decision that you make, and stick to.

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Thank you so much for stopping by. 

A compilation video of a lot of what I've talked about on the blog this week is up on YouTube.

Appalachia Whispering Horn

I also introduced Sydney on YouTube.

He's a 31 year old cockatiel that belonged to my grandmother.

When she got so sick before she passed, I brought him home.

His age shows a bit in the condition of his feathers but other than that, he's just like he's always been.  Whistles.  Laughs.   Makes a loud continual noise when something is on the TV he doesn't like.. or maybe he does like it.

Or if I try to talk on the phone or send a Marco Polo video to my daughter in England, Mara.

I hope that you each have a terrific week ahead.

Cheers to you 

with my Sunday morning coffee -  while doing a little back porch sitting.

We all should do more of that I think.

Frankie says hiya!

So abide now faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13