For some time now my husband and I have been thinking about moving. There are a few reasons that we haven't. For one, my parents live one street away and we're very close with them. I grew up seeing my grandparents everyday and I want that for my kids too. Secondly, I've been at the same company for almost 20 years. They are family to me after all this time.
We've talked to my parents about finding a place that we all like and making a move but until now they've been reluctant to leave California. In the past if I brought it up one of them would say, "but you can't beat the weather in California". Imagine my surprise when they came over talking about Tenessee and how much some friends of ours were loving it there, having just moved a few months ago. My Mom emailed me the picture of this house that's for sale in the town our friends are in. This house {that I LOVE} is going for about half of what ours would sell for and it's are you ready for this.............4 times the size!
I'm not going to lie, I'm a true California girl but as time goes by I want green trees...lots of them. I want a big church and a small town. I want a barn that I can string lights up in and throw big parties with lots of lemonade and dancing. A porch I can sleep on during hot summer nights. I want people to call me by my name at the grocery store.
We've made some progress...it's no longer something that just some of us want. All of us want it now. I couldn't be more relieved. I couldn't have gone and left anyone behind. I know that this may seem unrealistic to some. Families scatter over time, it's the norm. For us, well, we just love to be together. Now that I know it's our tentative 5 or so year plan a little voice in my heart says, "you'll never go you know".
Maybe, maybe not.
