Can miles truly separate you from friends?

If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there….Richard Bach….

As we wrap up our final packing – I struggle to understand why it feels so much harder to leave this time….but as the days wind down I feel the excitement building -

I think the heaviness of leaving is a combination of things – a lot has changed in the past few years for our inner circle of friends – most of us have suffered the death of a loved one, or are caring for an aging parent - we have stood by friends with cancer scares, heart attacks, divorce & job challenges.  We have celebrated marriages, special anniversaries and have enjoyed hearing of the birth of grandchildren and we were even lucky enough to host a wedding at our house the week before we left.

I guess life is forever changing for all of us – some of these changes want to keep us close by our friends to walk thru these challenges together and some of these changes push us forward to make sure our passion for travel and adventure happen while we are healthy and fit enough to enjoy it.

I think it has been a little bit hard for us to leave our new home – as I believe we have finally found our forever home and we are so happy here.  As we sit out back in our hot tub and gaze up at the stars we wonder – how are we going to leave this place? 

Our last departure was a little bit easier as we had always looked at our home as a landing pad between trips or adventures – don’t get me wrong we have very good memories of our close knit group from Tiffany Court.  We loved watching all the neighbourhood kids grow up & celebrate milestones with them, but for some reason the transition seemed easier.

I know when we get in the van and feel the miles pass under us – our passion for travel and adventure will build – we have many great friends on the road we look forward to seeing and spending time with.

We have enjoyed all the parties and time with friends leading up to us leaving – we had a Birthday party for Nico, nice lunches with the girls, delicious dinners out with friends, and finally 2 big family dinners at our home!
We are so very thankful for our health and all the amazing support we have from our family, friends, co-workers & bosses – so in case we haven’t thanked you – thank you for watching our home, covering our jobs and granting us this incredible opportunity – you each played a part in it!

So, I believe the answer to the question is NO miles can’t separate you from your friends – I just need to think about you and you are there…

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