Looking for, seeking community, applied to The Fellowship Community. Follow-up phone call one week later led to scheduling an interview for July 4th, over Zoom. Never used Zoom before and shifted focus away from resistance to ask for help from good friends and just set it up. Easy. Phone rings one hour before scheduled interview to say that it's cancelled. "But if you're ever in the area, stop by and visit us." Those words lit up like a neon sign. Need to drive 300 miles south to pick up mateo from his dad's, and the Amtrak train is only 25 miles from there, so why not just hop on and head east to New York? Just show up at The Fellowship to follow my dream. So clear the whole time while completing the application and making travel arrangements, even if this place isn't the right one, I KNOW I am on my path. Move forward, pursue my heart's desire.
Neighbors around The Fellowship offer housing to visitors and many replied not available to my request. Stayed focused on moving forward, trusting, and basking in the abundance of this beautiful world. Building a garden with niece Andrea and Crystal provided physical labor to clear and energize. Casual comment from Andrea led to renting a camper for housing and a million layers of resistance lifted off my heart like dandelion fluff blowing in a gentle breeze. That's when the call came.
Elena
Yes she can offer us a nice place to stay within walking distance to The Fellowship. Yes she's from NY City and tells us which train to take out of the City. Yes she will pick us up and take us the remaining 20 miles back to her house. Yes she has cats. We love cats. Elena. Yes she's a wealth of information about The Fellowship and other Waldorf communities and so many other things we should investigate, people we should meet. Yes. Kindness. Generosity. Abundance.
Left Austin Rd. Sunday evening to a hotel in Holiday City. Fell asleep before 9pm. Drove to Bryan, OH for the Amtrak at 1:30 am. Arrived in NY City at 6:45 pm Monday evening. Walked a few blocks to our sweet little Air BnB apartment. Walked back outside and he saw the tallest building, we bought tickets for the top of the Empire State building. Ate a large soft pretzel and an ice cream from street vendors. Bought bandages and fixed up his knee from a running incident back at one of the Amtrak train stations. Went up to the observation deck of the Empire State in the dark, with so many city lights blazing. He loved all of it. Up to the 108th floor in the glass elevator. Once in a lifetime. Bought a sweet lego set of the Empire State for a souvenir. Carried tired boy piggy-back several blocks home to our clean, air-conditioned, safe little room in New York City. We rocked it.
Staying with Elena for a few days, meeting with the Fellowship and feeling sure it is not the right fit for us. Clarity feels good after 3 1/2 years of wondering. Elena invites us to stay the weekend, change our train ticket, just come meet some of her friends, explore the Hudson Valley with her. She's playing her violin in a concert and wants us to accompany her. Yes. Then no. Then Yes again. Maybe. Then I told her no on the day we were meant to leave. She casually shared so much more and some things again about why we should come with her to the Hudson Valley. Yes. Change the train ticket, no charge. Yay!
Meet so many people, see so many wonderful places. Then Sunday evening at Mettabee we met Tave and Rose. Within 1/2 an hour I had accepted the invitation to stay with them in the cabin behind their house, Tamarak, in Camphill Copake Village. And here we remain until Tuesday... and if my application to become a live-in co-worker is accepted, this is home.
https://camphillvillage.org/village-life/work-lifesharing/
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