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Breaking Up Your Relationship To Convenience (Part 2)

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A Way To Conserve The World’s Resources (Part 1)

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I’m not a fast poster in case you haven’t noti

I’m not a fast poster in case you haven’t noticed. I like to keep you on your toes!

This is one of two pix I took at the Pride gathering here in Bend last weekend.

It proved to be a perfect time for a handful of teaching moments for the girls.

Their questions included, “why is that group of moms offering hugs to those who might need one?” and “who is Matthew Shephard?” and “why are the moms in that other booth demanding action? What kind of action do they want?”

I am happy that they think it just doesn’t make sense that some people out there don’t let people love whoever they want to love.

It’s not even a question for them…here’s to the next generation.🌈🏳️‍🌈#pride🌈

Yesterday, as we drove up our driveway after I exp

Yesterday, as we drove up our driveway after I experienced a much-needed medical procedure, we spotted an entire family of deer having an early dinner in our front yard.

It felt serendipitous to see such a beautiful site at the end of this long day.

Deer symbolizes many things; among them regeneration.

“The deer spirit animal appears to you when you need to have a fresh new perspective on an old issue. Use this opportunity to change old ways and switch them with new ones.”

This resonates with me on many levels.

Now that the metal is gone from my finger and the infection is being treated, I feel much lighter and more clear; ready to create a lot more goodness in the next chapter of my/our lives.

Enjoy the deer! #deer #regenerate #revitalize #infusion #magic #spiritanimal

Like our move to Costa Rica, we landed in Bend not

Like our move to Costa Rica, we landed in Bend not really knowing where we were going to live or where exactly we would put the girls into school so they could flourish into even brighter beings than they are now.

On both adventures, we had very few steps planned out in front of us before the plane touched down. There were so many unknowns back then - just like there are now!

Now, our girls want ANSWERS as to where they were going to be spending so much of their time in the future (home/school). My vague, "we'll see" response to their specific questions brings a lot of anxiety into their bodies. These girls like TO KNOW.

All we had when moving to Costa Rica was trust and the belief that everything would work out perfectly, even when we were experiencing sleepless nights and irritable days. And everything DID work out perfectly (with some bumps here and there, of course).

We joke that we like to take the most challenging route to our end goal; to take the path that has the most hurdles to jump and decisions to unpack. It's like a hobby to us. I'm not sure if this is called "adventure" or "insanity." That depends on how much sleep we had the night before!

Like everything in life, we know that each day a new possibility seems to appear that we didn't even know existed the day before, bringing new questions and conversations into the mix of life!

Pura Vida!

#trust #surrender #divein #travelwithkids #internationalliving #adventure #puravida #pavavida #bend #oregon

Part 3 of a 3-part series in a flashback about wha

Part 3 of a 3-part series in a flashback about what our life was like in the first few weeks of moving to Costa Rica in 2015. Our #Bend as experience is not too different!

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After spending three weeks in Atenas, we still didn’t find a place to live. During this time, we visited LaEcovilla in San Mateo. It was one of our options at the end of our time in Atenas and while we were thinking at this point that we’d spend a few months at the beach until school started in Atenas in February, we decided to stay in the house of a friend of a (new) friend.

After two weeks, the family was to return from their trip and unfortunately needed their home back. Time to move again, and we weren’t sure where our next “home” would be until the day before we moved.

For another month we stayed in a temporary house about 15 minutes away called La Colina (see #labyrinth above). The girls started at the little school at @LaEcovilla.

We loved being at La Colina for the month but we were still living out of our suitcases so we never felt completely “settled.” We waited patiently for a place to open in LaEcovilla so we could move back — this time for a longer timeframe. In the meantime, the kitties are becoming irritated that we kept stuffing them into their travel bags and putting them into the car.

We’ve had no sense of when we’d “settle down” into our own place.

We (Aaron and I) have felt a sense of overwhelm AND excitement in that we have so many choices. When it comes to the day-to-day aspect of our lives, we are incredibly unsettled and the unease of it shows up in different and subtle ways for all of us.

I feel as though we’re living in a time of a great unknown where we’re intentionally stretching outside of our comfort zone to do something different and create more adventure for the family.

We’re all looking forward to seeing what we create in the future together!

#internationalliving #expat #expatkids #kids #worldtravel #costarica #puravida #puralife @laecovilla

Here’s the reality of the first few weeks/months

Here’s the reality of the first few weeks/months of our Costa Rica journey that we started in 2015:
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It’s been almost two months and we’re still in transition. We’ve moved three times and are looking at our fourth move in a week. The gorgeous houses with the amazing views on the Atenas realty sites were either already rented (many months before) or so far out of town that it didn’t make sense for us to be there.

The girls would’ve only been able to go to school for only four weeks (and would have to wait 10 days until after we even talked to the school), then the school is to take a holiday break for nine weeks. That means so many transitions for all of us.

Aaron and I are both Tauri, and a significant characteristic of this star sign is that home and nesting is incredibly important.

Our airbnb time was coming to an end and we didn’t have a new place to stay. For the most part, I felt completely relaxed about all other parts of our lives, outside of not knowing where to move the entire family very shortly. Ok, so there was a bit of stress along with wonder.

I knew that we had many options, but we just weren’t entirely sure WHERE to go next. In the big picture this wasn’t too horrible of a problem but the responsibility of ensuring that the 2 kids and the 2 cats is much different than my travel days of my youth, where I often wasn’t certain where I would sleep until nightfall.

Spontaneity and and last-minute planning with little ones brings up much different emotions now.

While we were navigating through this unknown, I mentioned to Aaron that we will most likely never be in the same position again in the future: nomadic with a 2 and 4 year old, with 2 cats in tow.

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Stay tuned for part three of our this longer post, coming tomorrow! The funny part is that we are yet again nomadic with two kids and the same two cats!

#expatlife #costarica #puravida #travel #kids #expats #internationalliving

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