Looks Like She's Moving Out

The last time Hillary's bedroom was this empty, we were moving into the house (2006) and had just painted her bedroom walls her favorite color.

On their 16th birthdays, Suzanna and Abigail each received a new bedroom set. Suzanna's castoffs went into Abigail's bedroom as an upgrade; and then those dressers and bed went into Hillary's bedroom when it was Abigail's turn for new furniture.

Hillary turned 16 last summer but, for numerous reasons, we only just this spring got around to ordering the bedroom set that she chose for her room. Also this spring, Suzanna moved into an apartment and needed a bed and a dresser--and took Hillary's, knowing that her littlest sister would soon be getting new ones of her own.

Since then, Hillary has been living like a nomad: sleeping sometimes in Abigail's bed, sometimes in Suzanna's (both of whom were living in the residence halls on campus during the school year and now at the Badlands Ministries Bible camp, where they work in the summer) . . . Hillary's clothes and other belongings strewn about four bedrooms (her own, of course--but also Abigail's and Suzanna's, as she has been a squatter in their rooms . . . as well as the guest bedroom, which is next to Hillary's own room and, thus, a convenient place for her to move boxes and stacks of clothes as she empties her bedroom in preparation for the arrival of her new furniture).

The new bedroom set is due to be delivered tomorrow--more photos to come.