New Norm

I want to tell this story of my family. How we left what we knew for what we thought was possible. How we are committed to the mission of creating dreams and LIVING them. I want to share how it all unfolds.

However all I can really say right now is.....

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!

I really don't have a clue where to start telling this story.  Should I get right down to the dirt...

the fears, the missing home, the awkwardness of being "the new people", the toilet overflowing and coming pouring through the ceiling, Grace and I spending 5 hours in an emergency care center because she had strep throat the 2nd day she got here, Addy walking off the porch and into bushes because she thought they would hold her, Nola getting in trouble on a daily basis because that is just how she gets it all out, the basement flooding

or

The amazingly beautiful old house from the 1800's with a wrap around porch, the having to get used to a "huge" (for us) house, the small town where everyone smiles and waves to EVERYONE, the neighbors who baked us brownies, the beauty of having both the lake and the mountains surrounding us, the friendly coffee shop that already knows our regular, the teachers that went out of the way to welcome our girls, the new friends already made, the sweet teachers of a 2 year old program that we see every morning (bc she is also a crossing guard) that cannot wait to have Addy in her class...and she means it, getting real quality time with my kids, the excitement of decorating a house from the 1800s, reconnecting to Andy and myself.

Emotions are high. 

We miss our norm.

Creating a new normal takes work. It takes commitment. It takes choosing happiness and making it our # 1 priority. It is THAT important.

Being scared shitless and staying open when all you (I) want to do is run and hide. Taking life on and being real.

These are my goals.

I want to record this time. I want to remind myself, in years to come, of what this feels like so that I can create more of it. Over and over and over again. 

This is the good stuff.

Will upload pictures soon. Can't find the cordy thingy to download them from my camera.