A New Season
I have loved living in the country these past ten years. It has given me the peace and solitude I craved. It offered a simpler, more earthy connection. It has taught me how to reach beyond myself, how to be a neighbor.
While I have enjoyed living here I also know that there are seasons in life. The past ten years have been a lovely season, but my heart has started looking for a new future, a new season.
My children and husband have been wanting to move to town for a while now. They want to be closer to the activities that keep them connected to the community. But I was the holdout. How could I leave what I'd come to love? But I've come to realize this love has become cumbersome for me. I was holding on too tightly. Blind to my own loneliness.
With five children and two busy careers, I couldn't dedicate myself to the time it takes to maintain a rural place. Hours planting trees and a garden every spring, hours of mowing every week, snow removal, animal tending--it all adds up, and while it's romantic it's also a lot of work!
I'm ready to spend more leisure time with my children. More time taking walks, playing tennis (I'm an avid tennis player--I love it), having friends over, being a member of the community, time to sing, time--these are the things I want in my life in this season.
So, we're taking a leap of faith and moving. Not to the suburbs lest you think I've betrayed my Lake Emily roots, but to a small town of 4,000 where I know many of the faces I meet. When I go to the grocery store there's always someone there to chat with and to catch up with.
It will be a good thing.
Traci DePree
While I have enjoyed living here I also know that there are seasons in life. The past ten years have been a lovely season, but my heart has started looking for a new future, a new season.
My children and husband have been wanting to move to town for a while now. They want to be closer to the activities that keep them connected to the community. But I was the holdout. How could I leave what I'd come to love? But I've come to realize this love has become cumbersome for me. I was holding on too tightly. Blind to my own loneliness.
With five children and two busy careers, I couldn't dedicate myself to the time it takes to maintain a rural place. Hours planting trees and a garden every spring, hours of mowing every week, snow removal, animal tending--it all adds up, and while it's romantic it's also a lot of work!
I'm ready to spend more leisure time with my children. More time taking walks, playing tennis (I'm an avid tennis player--I love it), having friends over, being a member of the community, time to sing, time--these are the things I want in my life in this season.
So, we're taking a leap of faith and moving. Not to the suburbs lest you think I've betrayed my Lake Emily roots, but to a small town of 4,000 where I know many of the faces I meet. When I go to the grocery store there's always someone there to chat with and to catch up with.
It will be a good thing.
Traci DePree
1 Comments:
Traci,
there is a big white house for sale on main street next to a wonderful family with five girls (the big yellow house)!
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