The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that Keeps Giving
June 23rd, 2021- TCS # 736
Hola, My Readers! I thought I would try a different greeting for You. Hola is Hello in Spanish, by the way. A Happy Heavenly Birthday to My Dog, Zoe too! So, This Week I am going to talk about something that is a Bit Hard on Me and Something that I (as well as My Mom) have Many Viewpoints about. I feel like I am Broken Record talking about This, but In August, My Brother is moving again! Yes Folks! Again.
So, Is He finally moving closer to You?! You have No Idea how much I wish that were True. Nope! If Anything, He is moving farther away. Now, Yes, There was that Time that We thought that He would move to Boston, MA for Art School and Looking Back on It, I would have Welcomed that.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a Pretty State! Nope, He is moving to Portland. Portland, Oregon. Yes, Folks! Portland, Oregon. About a 30 Hour Drive across what The Dixie Chicks affectionately refer to as “Wide Open Spaces”. Gas Stations, Food, and Civilization can be 40 or 50 Miles apart in Some Places! Or an Expensive 4 Hour direct Flight from Dallas. Easy, Right? I’ve done longer for PTLS Family Members. Well, Travelling for Long Distances for PTLS Family Members is One Thing, Travelling that far to see Your Brother is another thing, especially when you want to see him often.
So, Why would he move to a City so far away and with a 600 Percent Increased Crime Rate. Well... He is Young, needs to Spread his Wings, following a girl... Are You Kidding Me?! It is One of Those Things that I often have a Hard Time Understanding.
To Explain It, I will rerun a Short Portion of My Newsletter.
(Portions of This Newsletter was Written on July 31st of 2019, Newsletter 649)
Me, of course, I have 3 “Personalities” that want to get involved in Everything no matter how mundane it is. Now, for Most People, They have a Personality for What I call, Your Personal (Life, Love, and Family) and Professional Life (meaning Work and/or Something that You are Passionate about). Because My Personal Life and Professional Life often mix, I have the Three. My Three Personalities of course are Romanticism, Special Needs Logic, and Reality. Often Times, I feel that Romanticism is The One that likes to Rule over but, Is often the one that gets shot down a bit because The Others feel that They are More Important. Oh! The Life of a PTLSer, Let me tell ya!
So, Romanticism, What is that? It is basically My Heart, The Stuff I truly believe in, The Stuff that I dream about and in some odd way, They come True. It is My Future Life that I picture where Everything in My World, My Family, PTLS Realm, and My Love Life are All Meshing Together in Peace. But, It is also Seeing The Good in Everyone and Everything, and Only The Joys and Happiness in Life. Which is The Thing that can get me in Trouble. When My Romanticism says Things that are not True, I have a Hard Time believing that It is not True.
So, Then Comes My Special Needs Logic. My Special Needs Logic is basically The Belief that Anything can Happen that Romanticism wants, but With Some (keyword here, Some) Work, It can happen. You can have a Christmas Romanticism House but, You have to remember that It is not a “Let’s Decorate on December 1st and It’s all Done”, Although with Some Extra Patience Yes, It could be Done. Most Often when It comes to Which of My Personalities that I have a Hard Time telling the difference between is My Romanticism and My Special Needs Logic.
And, Finally, There is The Reality part. People in Romantic Comedies would call it, being a Realist. Now, Baring in Mind, Yes, No Matter how many Personalities that A Person has, should always have a “Realist” Section of It.
Reality is The Point in which, You have to Put Your Dreams into Reality. Which in all Honestly, is rather Scary because Reality can be The One to Mess it up and turn it in Something that You don’t recognize. Like, This Dream, Whatever It is, is not what I wanted, Not what I pictured. Reality can be Two Things, Very Confusing in both! It can either be The Best Thing in The World, Blessings all around! and, Of Course, Reality can become warped, in which Pardon My Language but, Reality Sucks sometimes!
Which brings me to Today. Now, Don’t Get Me Wrong, Oregon is a Beautiful State. Tall Deep Trees, Mountains, Coastline, What more could You want?
Well, One is that The Reason that My Brother is moving is because This is Not His Move.
Now, Again, Don’t Get Me Wrong. I have seen Videos and Read Stories of Someone Falling in Love with Someone and Moving to Another State or Even Another Country.
I have seen it before. Yes, even I fell for Someone I Another State and Wanted them to come to Texas.
Love kind of Makes You Stupid. Hmm.. That maybe Where that Term, “Love makes you Blind” and/or “Love IS Blind”.
My Romanticism kicking In! Annnnd, It’s Gone. Because I got to go into Reality. The Reason that He is moving is because He and A Romantic Person that He first referred to as “His Lady Friend” is going to College in Portland.
So, She figured that All of Us (Meaning Myself and My Mom) want to get Michael out of Denver, that She would literally have him chasing her to move to Oregon.
Now, Oddly, I find it weird because He felt Dallas because of Love. Love did Him wrong and then, 6 Years Later, He follows Love. The Romanticism in Me finds it Amazing that He is Moving for Love. My Special Needs Logic is Very Frustrated because I want him to have Love, not Just Love. But, The True Love, Soulmate Love, Romantic Person-Awesome Love that I know that He deserves.
However, At The Same Time, My Reality hates the Idea of Him living 30 Hours Driving or 4 Hour Flight Away.
Like I said before, Oregon is Nice State, Portland used to be (Keyword here: Used to be a Nice City) but, Today it has become a Crime-Ridden and Very Politically Oh-So-Sensitive Subject Kind of a City. If You want t know about it, either Look it up or With an Open, Non-Judgmental,
Not Left/Not Right Mind Ask Me. I’ll tell You!
My Brother has had a lot of Harsh Lessons in His Life and Honestly, It makes Me Upset and Angry at The One Above that He has to go through yet Another Very Harsh Lesson!
All in all, I want to spend time with The Brother I grew up with, The Michael that I know. I wish He was Moving in This Direction not The Other Direction.
Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Family is Important, when You have Special Needs!
