It doesn't happen very often, and I know most people will be surprised to learn that when I started to write this, I was completely speechless, didn't have a clue what to write, so bear with me please while I try to get my thoughts down and type as I think.
12 years ago my parents (mum and step-dad) and my little brother emigrated to Australia. After going to boarding school from the age of 9, then moving out of home as soon as I left school, moving halfway across the world with my parents was not on my agenda. And to be honest, the more they mentioned it or nagged about it, the more stubborn I became about it. Perhaps if I had put a bit more long term thought into it I would have realised that I could have always come back, and then could have moved between the two countries much easier. Despite all that, I am glad I stayed, I have met some fantastic lifelong friends, my wonderful husband and with him had 2 fantastic children. Life hasn' t always been a bed of roses, but then whose has, and I can't really complain.
I guess my main objective for moving to Oz is to find somewhere I can call home. I lived in Cornwall for 22 years but it never felt like home. I've been living in Gloucester for 3 years and again it doesn't feel like home. I have yet to find it, and I may well never find it. I fear I might be the kind of person that just likes to experience different places. My motives have never included my family, I quite like them on the other side of the world, it suits our relationship, and I have absolutely no interest in living close to them, again who knows what may happen in the future.
As I have already mentioned, I have some of the most amazing friends (you know who you are) in the world. The kind that would move heaven and earth to help me, and I wouldn't change them. I will miss them terribly and I hope they realise there is an open invitation to all of them to visit us whenever they want to. Likewise, I hope they know that I will come knocking every time I visit England.
I can't wait for a beach life, sunshine and a more relaxed life. I am looking forward to hopefully having my husband home every night, we actually get on better when he is. The weather here gets me down, although I love the seasons and I long for a bigger house which I know we can never afford here unless we win the lottery (might help if we played it). Life in the UK has just become very expensive.
I will miss my gran and Uncle Michael, my dad and step-mother, David's parents, David's brother and family but not enough to make me stay. My heart will always be with them and I will think of them all the time but I don't feel the need to be close to appreciate what they mean to me.
Well thats it, thats my thoughts. Random I know, but all mine :)
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