In 4 days my husband and I are leaving for our first "big adventure" (not that raising 4 kids in our blended family wasn't abit of an adventure at times too!)
26 months ago when we returned home from a 2 week vacation in Puerto Vallarta my husband announced that we were moving to P.V.! After my initial shock wore off and we decided that we could make it work financially and continue to earn a living down there, I was all over the idea too! We planned to move down that following February, 2007 after we sold our house. With in 2 weeks of our decision my father passed away with lung cancer. Moving in February was just too soon for us, we needed to be with my Mom and our family! The move was rescheduled for July 2007 and as good plans often do, that didn't quite work out! We accepted a great offer on our house in February but on the 11th hour the sale fell through! The universe has a way of making things happen exactly as they should. At the same time the house deal collapsed my father-in-law took ill. We spent the next 6 months commuting to and from their hometown and flying Bill to and from a hopsital in Seattle for treatment. Although this was a difficult time it was an important time for us, again, to be with our family! and for this we were very thankful! On November 25th, 2007 Bill lost his fight!
We realized that we were exactly where we were supposed to be at this time. Again the house went up for sale but this time we were moving to Kelowna to stay with Gord's Mom and help her run the house and property. We sold our house to a wonderful couple, Veronica and Leif, (who have become dear friends) and moved up to the Okanagan in April 2008. It has been a wonderful, fun, interesting, and sometimes challenging experience living in my mother-in-law's home. And I'm very grateful that we have had the opportunity to do it!
This Friday, November 14th, we start leg 1 of our journey with our cat and dog in tow!
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The "shift" is happening Now. So good of you to go with the flow. Crossing borders and softening personal boundaries will forever keep you flexible and centered. Remember to breathe through the moments slowly.
North of P.V is Sayulita and San Pancho both lovely artistic towns, with lots of French-Vegan-Surfers abound. My favorite artist community is the one in the colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, in the mountains south of Laredo, Texas. Many Canadians, Europeans, Americans, cobble stone streets, parks, galleries, shops, yoga, pilates, old churches, art and language schools, and many friendly faces...most importantly.
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