good good morning and happy April!

I'm diving back into this series with a topic I could very much overlook. A question I get a lot is: What have been the best parts of all this?

There have been many good things about the uprooting of our family some thousand miles North. I do tend to forget them, especially since struggle has been with us every step of the way. So I'm going to dig a little deeper to find the shiny parts in all this.

please pardon if this turns out to be super short. I have a Barlow & Bear live playing in the background and I am having trouble focusing over the sound of their music.

First it was excitement and adventure. The first outing we took was only a week or so after we arrived. We decided to explore the river. I had never lived so close to water before! My siblings played on the rocks and I took pictures. Someone was playing electric guitar from the balcony of one of the houses on the opposite bank. It was entirely peaceful.

We kept going places. There was so much! Water and woods and parks. I think I took more photos those first months than I ever have since! I definitely treasure these experiences as much as they made me realize the value of home.

Closely tied is the wonder I felt at the beauty here. If you've followed me for any stretch of time, you know I am obsessed. I cannot get over it! I discovered a love for waterfalls, and seriously I want to eventually climb every mountain (well maybe not every mountain, there are too many for that)

I also cannot overemphasize the role friendship has played in this journey, as well. I honestly do not know how I would have coped with the chaos of house-hopping if I have a group of people who accepted me with open arms. In what felt like no time at all, I had extended family. There is not much I can say besides I am so so so grateful for each of them, and their devotion and patience with me

The people in my corner are truly the most remarkable part of all this.

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alrighty friends. I need to make lunch and
move a pile of tree limbs off our driveway.
hope your Tuesday is wonderful.
k.