Well, it has been over a month here in CO and the comments we hear most are, "You guys are crazy" and "I can't understand why you'd make such a big move." The funny thing is, everyone we have met here in CO either says, "I totally get it...it'll be the best move you ever made for your family" or "We did the same thing ___ years ago, and we're never going back."
So, here it is in the smallest nutshell I can fit it into...
From when we first met, Nick and I dreamed, a far off dream, of living in a home where our children could throw a ball as far as they possibly could and be safe from breaking a neighbor's window and we saw our life full of time. Time with each other, time with our pack of children, time focused on loving each other and time for all else in the distant background, never clouding our time with on another. We thought, that if Nick worked and worked and worked some more, that we would make enough money to have Nick retire in 10 years or less and THEN, we could have our dream. THEN, we'd move to place where the schools are better, the town is more open minded, the houses are sparcely placed and we'd be able to afford mountain living with availablility to snowboarding and time to just be together.
The problem is, we figured out...that that day may never come. Maybe in 10 years, Nick and I would grow so far apart from him working 100hrs a week that we'd find ourselves out of love of one another. Or Nick's body would be so physically worn that he'd have health problems. Or the kids would be so grown up that they might not want to spend time with their parents anymore. Or mabye even (and everyone hates to imagine) something could happen to one of us...even one of the kids. And we would go on with the rest of our life feeling like we could have spent it better...we could have been together more and we could have SHOWN our love to each other better and said the words less.
So, we took our lives into our hands and decided we were done saying that SOMEDAY we would have the life of our dreams. We sat down together for months and planned out just how we could have it all right now. And today...about 10 months after laying out the plan...we are truly living our dream. Some people go their entire lifetime without seeing their dreams actualized. We did not want that to happen to us.
And, although we are all healthy and everything turned out to be okay with me and my Cancer scare, we did not take that lightly. A lesson was learned and we are most thankful.
Jacob is thrilled with his new teacher, classmates and school. Nick has taken a huge step back from Sautee. He and I are still running the financing end of Sautee including daily ordering, scheduling, etc. And if the worst comes and Sautee doesn't make it, we will be just fine. We will continue to live out our dream with our focus finally and forevermore on what really, truly matters in life. However, it may be, we will never lose sight of that again.
So, call us crazy...we call it "enlightened".
So, here it is in the smallest nutshell I can fit it into...
From when we first met, Nick and I dreamed, a far off dream, of living in a home where our children could throw a ball as far as they possibly could and be safe from breaking a neighbor's window and we saw our life full of time. Time with each other, time with our pack of children, time focused on loving each other and time for all else in the distant background, never clouding our time with on another. We thought, that if Nick worked and worked and worked some more, that we would make enough money to have Nick retire in 10 years or less and THEN, we could have our dream. THEN, we'd move to place where the schools are better, the town is more open minded, the houses are sparcely placed and we'd be able to afford mountain living with availablility to snowboarding and time to just be together.
The problem is, we figured out...that that day may never come. Maybe in 10 years, Nick and I would grow so far apart from him working 100hrs a week that we'd find ourselves out of love of one another. Or Nick's body would be so physically worn that he'd have health problems. Or the kids would be so grown up that they might not want to spend time with their parents anymore. Or mabye even (and everyone hates to imagine) something could happen to one of us...even one of the kids. And we would go on with the rest of our life feeling like we could have spent it better...we could have been together more and we could have SHOWN our love to each other better and said the words less.
So, we took our lives into our hands and decided we were done saying that SOMEDAY we would have the life of our dreams. We sat down together for months and planned out just how we could have it all right now. And today...about 10 months after laying out the plan...we are truly living our dream. Some people go their entire lifetime without seeing their dreams actualized. We did not want that to happen to us.
And, although we are all healthy and everything turned out to be okay with me and my Cancer scare, we did not take that lightly. A lesson was learned and we are most thankful.
Jacob is thrilled with his new teacher, classmates and school. Nick has taken a huge step back from Sautee. He and I are still running the financing end of Sautee including daily ordering, scheduling, etc. And if the worst comes and Sautee doesn't make it, we will be just fine. We will continue to live out our dream with our focus finally and forevermore on what really, truly matters in life. However, it may be, we will never lose sight of that again.
So, call us crazy...we call it "enlightened".
We've already got 6 visitors lined up...if you'd like to come out and relax or ski or snowboard or fish or camp or hike...you are welcome anytime!
I am so happy for you and your family! I totally get why you moved- I am just sad to not have my oldest friend around. We will for sure come visit someday and anytime you are in AZ, make sure you call me to do lunch! Love ya! Sarah
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