The new adventure begins
On our 6AM!!!!!!! flight from Boston to Salt Lake City
bless you technology!
We have arrived here in Utah and although we are far from settled (so so so far...) we are surviving. It is wonderful being with family. To my kids cousins=heaven so that is wonderful. I can't get over the true AWESOMENESS of the mountains and that brings me so much joy. However I would be lying if I didn't admit this has been one of the hardest transitions I have ever made. I'm sure the poor college student working at Golden Swirl (a frozen yogurt place that has been my sanity) thought I was completely nuts as I tried to explain through tears in my eyes that my kids didn't usually have full blown freak out tantrums like they were currently having...but we had pretty quickly picked up and left schools, friends, neighbors, surroundings (ie beautiful Boston), packed up all the kid's toys, books, and treasures, flown across the country, put all our belongings in storage, moved in with family and had had no semblance of routine or "normal"for weeks. Especially since I, their mother had been pretty sick most of the time. The yogurt worker, not being a licensed therapist, just gave me a little smile and asked if she could get another yogurt to replace the one that Jack had just thrown on the floor. The new cup of yogurt did help and I felt a lot better getting all that off my chest.
My sister Anne, who is going through a move as well, told me that she has been thinking a lot about transplanting flowers. She remembers digging up some flowers that were thriving in our mom's garden and transplanted them into her own. At first the flowers were weak and didn't look very good. She didn't expect much from them but watered and nourished them and hoped for the best. In time, they adjusted to their new soil, new place in the world and thrived. They were even more beautiful than they had been before. I am hoping for that. I hope that in time, we will be able to put roots down and thrive in this new life. In the mean time, I feel a little weak and am trying not to expect too much from us during this transplant phase. Daily trips to the frozen yogurt shop help too.
