Life Changes
Born in Wisconsin, we moved to Ohio when I was 7 and lived there for the past 24 years. I love the midwest. Maybe because it’s so familiar to me, but there are so many things that are just “easier”. People are so friendly, and it feels like the perfect place to raise our kids. I started imagining our kids going to the same schools as I did, the same summer camps, sports, clubs, etc.
Now that we’re here, we’re trying to wrap our minds around the change in lifestyle. It’d different here. For example, I’m not used to so many expensive private schools. They’re everywhere out here. My oldest is 3, so I hadn’t gotten too far into the school research before the move. Now I catch myself thinking about what high school I should start hoping for. How did that happen??
Another big difference is obviously the water. There’s so much fun stuff to do all along the East Coast! We moved to Baltimore, and now we are able to go to NYC or Washington D.C. for the day. We can walk 5 minutes to the harbor, and it’s a short car ride to the Atlantic Ocean. How pretty is this view?
That’s my attempt at being supportive and excited about being here:) A hard thing to do these days. I know that attempt was kind of lame, so I’ll keep working on it.
Under the rainbow
With kids, a change like this is not to be taken lightly. Even after we found out my sister and her family would be moving to Baltimore as well (HUGE), we still weren’t opposed to any additional reassurance that we were making the right decision. My sister and I and the kids and moved in with my parents for almost 6 weeks while we figured out our living situation out east. Moving away from our youngest sister and taking over our parents’ lives for that time meant that we were all feeling the pain of this move.
Rainbows have always had a special meaning in our family. They seem to show up at critical moments… births, passings, and meaningful events. The first photo is the double rainbow that showed up when my grandma passed. The picture below it is another double rainbow spotted above Baltimore while on our first apartment-hunting trip. It’s hard to see the second rainbow in both, but it was there:) As small as it is, it gave me comfort. I’m going to take it as a sign that we’re meant to be here… partly because, what choice do we have?
