"Life is Like a Book"
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| Wed, 06-20-2007 - 10:50am |
DD and I were running a couple of errands last night, and as often happens these days, the conversation turned to our upcoming move.
DD does not seem to be at all concerned or worried about moving in the middle of high school, and it does puzzle me. I have to wonder if she is putting on a brave face (as she is apt to do) because she knows how badly dad wants this and how much I will worry if she lets on how she really feels. And then she said this ...
"Mom, life is like a book; like a story. There is a main character and a setting and then other people and places and events come into the story. How can I write MY story if I stay in one place and don't turn the page?"
Wow! There are days I can't believe I brought this child into the world; she amazes me so, and this is one of them.

Jules, I check here sporadically, so I apologize for not knowing, but where are you moving?
I'm anxious to get 'caught up'.....!!
Hi Shels! Nice to 'see' you around again. We are moving to Northern Colorado -- soon, actually.
About a year ago, DH's younger brother moved to the Denver area and we thought it sounded like a nice place. So, we went to visit and liked it enough to consider a move. When we got back, we put our house for sale and waited. And waited and waited. Ugh! It was so frustrating!
So after 8 months, DH and I decided our 'throw in the towel' date was June 1, and on May 20, we got an acceptable offer (we had had another one earlier, but it was not the tiniest bit equitable).
Everything has just fallen into place perfectly. DH and DD flew to Colorado on June 8 (DD's last day of school) and found a great house on 2.5 acres, so there is room for our horses. It is in the district/schools we wanted and C is very excited about it!
So that's the condensed version of the story. We close on the sale of our home on June 28, will drive to CO and close on the purchase of our new home on July 5.
W is pretty distressed and upset (tears on the last day of school) and I am hoping that C's enthusiastic optimism will rub off on him soon. Too bad they won't be attending the same school, though.
School starts there on August 20 so it's going to be a little stressful and I am hoping and praying that both kids will make a few friends before school starts.
Amazing what a mature young lady she is.
How great.....hey, if you need orthodontics, my cousin has a practice in Denver...I don't know anything about it, but she's only had it a couple of years....she's a beautiful young girl (well, 27 or 28--which is young) that bought the practice right out of orthodontic school.
You know, I live in the midwest, where housing is MUCH less expensive than where you are, and I'm a great fan of the "house hunters' and "my house is worth what?" type of tv shows....I can't even imagine house hunting where you are---so I imagine the difference in a good and bad offer in your neck of the woods would be what my whole house is worth........!!
How will you transport horses? Drive them? THAT seems stressful to me......
I'm glad things are working out, and you son will adapt. I know it's so easy for me to say that not being in your shoes, but he will......youngsters are so resiliant.....
And what a climate/altitude change!
I know you've had a rough go of it in your current place. I hope you find a neighborhood or community with tons of awesome people just like yourself to hang out with and build lasting friendships with.
Shels
Have you seen your new home yet? I haven't yet seen ours in VA, but I did see a floor plan. It's a FSBO and there were not even any photos on the inet. The sellers just piggybacked on the advertising/open houses of neighboring homes listed with realtors.
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It really does surprise me, actually, how different they are. DD looks sooooo much like me that I kind of 'expected' her to be just like me in personality, too. I'd think something like 'Why doesn't she think 'x' is important? It would be to me." It took a while for me to acknowledge that she really isn't 'just' like me. While we share a lot of interests (love of reading, travel, etc.) she is more like my DH than I first realized.
Before puberty hit, one look at DS and you KNEW whose son he was and again, I rather expected him to be similar in personality to DH. But nope! He is more like me (sentimental, sensitive) than he is like DH. And he doesn't look much like him at all anymore. Funny.
I've only seen our new home in pics. It was the iNet pics that made me put the house on the list, for DH and DD to preview. DH drew a floorplan for me when he came back from Colorado. It's really just a 3 bedroom, 2 bath ranch home, but with a full finished basement. When the basement is included in the square footage, it's twice the house we have here -- and on a much, much larger lot. The kitchen and dining room are painted red! I happen to love red, so I think it's great.
We've had two of those PODs storage units delivered, DH is started to panic about getting everything packed and we have only a week left here now -- yikes! Time is running out.
When do you pack up and head out?
That's a beautiful quote! We moved clear across the country to a totally different community than what my two daughters were used to. At the time, they were entering the 7th and 8th grades. So many people wondered how they would handle it and I have to say, it was the best thing that has happened to our family. We became closer as a family, my girls found an inner sense of confidence that they never new they had, and life led us to all sorts of new adventures.
I wouldn't say had we not moved, our lives would be terrible, but it's amazing to see the life we've carved for ourselves in a community of which we new nothing about. My girls are headed off to college and neither of them has expressed an interest in attending college back in our previous home state. It's truly amazing and I find myself thanking my lucky stars every day.
Also, I might add that children seem to take their cues from their parents. If the parents seem happy and try 100% to make the best of the situation, the children hopefully will follow suit.
What an amazing thing to say! You have raised an insightful and resilient daughter!