From Now On

We stayed up late to talk. Joe and I. About us. Our family. Our values. Our future. And our now. We were doing everything we thought we were supposed to be doing; to raise our children; to live; to be happy.

Sometimes you learn that what you think you‘re supposed to do, doesn't necessarily line up with what you want to do to get all that you can out of life. "Life" to us, started to feel like one big wheel that we had to keep running faster and faster on to keep up with. It's hard to feel like that- especially when you aren't even sure you want to be on that wheel in the first place. Enough was enough.

So we took a leap of faith, packed up our things, sold our house and decided to do things a bit differently. Life is too precious and too short not to at least try.

Here's to a long walk to our new mailbox. Here's to fields to run in, weeping willows to swing from and pastures to roam. Here's to split rail fences that keep our little heartbeats safe. Here's to a big old white barn and a tractor that we’ll figure out how to drive along the way. 🙂 Here's to finding a place that feels right to finally plant Brody's memory tree- and a place to open our hearts to new furry and feathery friends of the best kind. Here's to living life on our terms and slowing down a bit to teach our children the value of hard work and the beauty of early mornings. And to us learning new things together and all the adventures that lie ahead- from now on.