Welcome friends!
The question, “What if…?” is increasingly informing our journey through life together as a family. Stretching into new potential, flexing into fresh possibilities, and giving our dreams air time has fashioned life into an exciting “soul-schooling” experience where we find that the more we follow our dreams the more our souls expand and bloom.
After a year and a half of extreme home-based living due to the societal upheaval visited upon the world, we started to ask the question, “What if… we took an adventure?”
The rustling of the morning stars was calling us…
Considering that one of the highest needs of families in times of high stress is to navigate our children through the maze of uncertainty with joy, delight, and hope still intact, we decided that a big adventure was worth taking. The planning, anticipation, dreaming-out-loud, struggles, and problem solving potential inherent in big changes all contribute to a raw and lively reengagement with life – adventure was calling!
One by one reasons not to presented themselves. (Of course, limits present themselves when we face expansion; they always do, that’s their job!)
But, this time, we decided to follow our hearts and break through those limits in order to know for ourselves what could be possible when we step out and try something new, or take a risk even in times of great change. A year and a half of slow-motion living had stirred in us an unquenchable and resolute desire to travel, meet new friends, stretch into new freedom, and grow in fresh ways.
And so, not long after asking, “What if?”, we found ourselves flying in two small private planes across the Canadian/American border, where we met our Transit Van/trailer that had been shipped the same day across the border as an “essential service”.
Leaving our cozy home in the loving care of my brother’s family, we knew that all would be well on the home front as we ventured out for six months to Kissimmee, FL, before determining the next leg of our adventure.
We have now been here for a week (not including a lovely stay in Thompson’s Station, TN on our way down). And, we feel excited, energized, encouraged and motivated as we hunker down to our main goals for the next six months: launch multiple online businesses (some are the children’s) that can enable a more nomadic lifestyle (should we choose it), swim/enjoy the sun/boost our immune systems/engage in active living as much as possible, and learn Spanish together!
In Florida, the skies are blue, the air is hot, the water is refreshing… and we’ve already seen two huge rainbows over our neighbourhood since being here – a reminder to us that God always looks after his children when they take leaps of faith.
Thanks for joining the adventure through this small travel log that we will be working on together. It is our hope that you will enjoy the journey with us through these small glimpses of our world-schooling adventure!
Love, Bonnie
