Moving forward

The decision was sudden. The opportunity was unexpected. But yet, we decided to embrace it for a lot if reasons. After nine months of having a long distance relationship, finally D Day arrives, the much expected day, when Prem and I hold our bundle of joy and move forward. For us its a big step. Although we've faced a lot of criticism on how we're going to handle it, I know one thing for sure. We want to make this work.
As we pack our suitcases amidst the zig zag crawls of our boys, my mind races behind. Thirty two years. Well almost. The home that has been with me through and through. The home that gave me what I needed - a shoulder to rest while I was sad, an arm to hold when I needed confidence, a head to dash when I was happy, a lap to lie down on when I had to let go. The home that has seen the best and worst of me.
Tomorrow, I leave my birth place and fly to a new land. A land where the week begins on a Sunday, a land where vehicles are driven on the wrong side of the road, a land where texts are read from right to left and you might wonder why a sentence begins with a smiley. A land, where thankfully, clocks still run clockwise and time moves forward.
Hope the land makes a home to us the next couple of years.

Cheers,
Hopie