I've been through a time of change recently. There, that's a nice way of putting it. Actually, I was a sobbing mess because too much change happened at once. My mother's cancer diagnosis and treatment, my son's marriage (a good thing but emptying nest isn't), various family illnesses and operations, the finalizing of my divorce, the death of my dog and two beloved relatives, the demise of my precious Macbook.

Humans are nothing if not resilient, though. I am now able to go into my son's empty bedroom without crying. Now I'm measuring up!

As part of my divorce, I have to sell our family home. Big wrench, lots of emotions involved. I knew I couldn't face leaving the house I love unless I had somewhere more exciting to go.

I do.

When we close the front door for the final time we'll be heading to the airport. US and Canada here we come!

Me, my daughter, fiance, and dogs are planning an extended roadtrip in an RV around the US and Canada.

Part of the trip will include the memorial service, in Boston, of my sister-in-law's Mom. I missed the funeral, I'm determined not to miss the memorial. Rosemary was an upbeat, feisty, loving person. She didn't sit at home lamenting change. She put on her sneakers, picked up her passport, and went with it. That's what I'm doing. Going with the change. Embracing it. Learning (slowly) to enjoy it instead of stressing about something I can do nothing about.

Emptying nest is difficult. I still look back longingly at the days when my children were small. But I've only got a short window to get some traveling and exploring done. Grandchildren will be along before too long and I'll be busy crawling on the floor again!

In the meantime, if anyone has any recommendations for places to see (or avoid!), RV parks to stay, I'd love to hear them.

Michelle



PS I'll be blogging about our travels at: http://britsinabus.info/