Masha, Moishe House Seattle, April 2009

It just dawned on me recently, as we were interviewing candidates for 2 new residents, that the makeup of our house is going to change very drastically. I don't know why I didn't realize this earlier, but with Joel and Tamar gone, Rebecca also gone, only Neal and I will be left as the original housemates, and half of the house will be new people. How will we get together as a group? How will they deal with my neuroses? :) With Joel around, being the 'brainfather' to Moishe House Seattle, there was a very clear natural leader in the group, and now this dynamic is going to change completely. The good news is that we found 2 great folks who are willing and excited to do Moishe House! This is a welcome change , since we could definitely use some new energy to shake things up a bit and make our community even stronger. Neal and I are already realizing that we'll need to put some energy into spending time together as a house and getting to know Steven and Nicole, unlike we did with Rebecca. It's too bad that it didn't work out, but there were things to be learned there. With a little effort, I think we're going to be just fine. :)