A Spring to Remember

2019 has been a year of change and it all came to a head in March.  The final decision to move to Florida was made.  It has not been an easy one or one that I have taken lightly.  I look forward to being closer to my parents and learning as much as I can from them.  Our time together is limited.  I'm well aware of that and so are they.  I also look forward to light and warmth.  I have missed that while I've been in Washington. Knowing that the chances of me moving back west are limited, I decided to take advantage of my place and do what I could that has been left undone. 

Before things got going on the moving procedure I took a quick weekend trip to Bandon for a meditative walk with Circles in the Sand.  Fabulous.

April was a spring break trip with Callie and Luica to see their other set of grandparents.  It was great fun.  There is nothing better than spending time alone with them.  We went to the zoo, hung out at the pool and had a party for 5 every single day. 

Then it was back to Florida to do the final steps of buying a house.

May was a trip to California for Mother's Day.  Another fabulous weekend.  Then it was off to Arches and Canyonland Nathional Parks - two of the national parks that had been on my agenda for decades.  And they did  not disappoint. 

And by the end of May, I had closed on two houses.  I had sold my house in Vancouver to my sister and bought a house in Inverness, Florida.  And within 3 days I would be on the road to moving in.

Never have I had a 2-month period in my life where so much had happened and so many of those things were such huge events.  I knew and even felt for the first time in my life that I was not at the helm.  I was not steering this ship.  God had taken the reins and for the first time I had allowed it to happen.  We were co-creating a life that would be completely different.  I was allowing myself to be led back "home" back to where I went to college, back to before Ralph.  Back to heat and humidity and bugs and gators. I knew where the path led but before I chose to follow along I made sure that I tied up all the loose ends.  I fulfilled many of my life dreams - beaches, time with my grandchildren, national parks.  My heart is full of gratitude for time, time with those I love.