TWO YEARS IN ENGLAND (AND PHOTOS FROM SPRING)

Recently I got a note from a friend that said, “I miss your blog posts!” I miss them, too. Though I’ve had lots of “content” in the form of words, thoughts, and photos, what I haven’t had is lots of time. When we moved abroad I thought I would have more time to post and share, more to say, a clearer voice, more accurate words. But, the opposite came true – or at least in some ways. I often found myself without any words to share, directionless and distracted and fully absorbed in building us a life here and bringing a new baby into the mix. Over the past two years I kept writing, but I kept it to myself – filling pages and pages and pages of words and thoughts tucked away where they stay, at least for now. I will, however, be more present in this space moving forward, as there’s lots of things to share.

Today I looked at my day planner, like I do on Monday mornings just before or after our morning homeschool lesson, and I saw today’s date: August 27, 2018. Today marks two years in England. Two years ago, this morning, we were waking up in a bed and breakfast, and we had no idea what that day, or the next few years would bring. There have been many ups and many downs, though now we just find ourselves at that place in-between. We’ve started to let ourselves look forward towards the next chapter, towards going “home”, towards new goals and dreams and pages. There are as many unknowns on the horizon for us now as their were when we first arrived here.

It seems perfect that the weather has shifted in time with this personal transition for us, though we have many months left here – it feels like our time here is winding to a close. The months seem to zip by, in complete contrast to our first days and weeks and months here, when time felt painfully hard and slow and strange. It seems like the perfect time to share our photos from this spring (and summer in a post tomorrow) – of which there are many – as we head into our final autumn in England.

SPRING…

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