Did you see it?  Did you see it happen?  The unlikely site of a house rising up from the ground.  That’s right, the Paulsen family picked out some items for the annual Church rummage sale.  Bin after bin carried down from the attic or up from the basement filled with long forgotten treasurers.  Now, our home freed from these Earthly burdens has risen a good foot from the ground, forever changing the neighborhood skyline.

For some cleaning clutter can be liberating.  For others it is downright painful.  Sadly, I fall in the latter category with my somewhat repressed hoarder tendencies.  What other explanation is acceptable for a man that still owns an unopened box of Pete Rose microwave popcorn from the mid-1980s?  Sad.  Just plain sad.  Plus, I see it occasionally in my kids, as this morning I needed to pluck from the bustling rummage sale an old long forgotten and underplayed with toy that they were having tearful second thoughts about selling.

Spring cleaning.  Liberation and pain all rolled into one.  A slightly lighter house rising into the early morning sun.

PS – You still have until 1PM this afternoon to purchase some of the Paulsen Family treasures at Bethel Lutheran Church (411 Becker Avenue SW, Willmar, Minnesota).  Hurry, before we have any more second thoughts.