One year ago today Brian and I left our home of 25+ years to travel to Mexico. One year ago already !! And believe it or not it was a spur of the moment decision.
Happy Anniversary / Feliz Aniversario
We had spoken for years about doing it, things like, "we should move to Mexico one day", but that's all we seemed to do is talk about it. So one day, Brian was out at a medical appointment, and I made the decision to DO, not just TALK. I went on a website called "Let Go", and did just that. I took photos of everything and posted "For Sale. Everything Must Go". Within 4 hours, Brian arrived home to find me loading our BBQ in the back of a guy's truck. Brian walked over, of course looking terribly confused, and the man stuck his hand out to shake Brian's hand and said, "Congratulations on moving to Mexico" :)
Brian didn't miss a beat, talked with the guy for a couple minutes, and we both waved as he drove off. Brian looked at me and said, "So this is it, hey?". I said, "Yep, this is it. It's time." Together, we piled the rest of the stuff together that we were prepared to sell.
That is just one of the reasons why I love him so very much!
I ended up selling just about everything, big and small. The only thing we have left is one small storage locker with a few items that we just cannot replace. But everything else is gone. On the last day in Vancouver, we were driving to our hotel room and I asked Brian to take a bit of a detour. Without asking where we were going, he followed my directions, knowing something was up. We arrived at a house and a lady came outside, smiling. I asked Brian if he could please remove the license plates because this nice lady was buying our car.
We smiled, holding hands, and walked to our hotel.
Life is about living, it's about doing, it's about loving, and regardless of the time that Brian and I have together, we have fully accomplished all three, and we will continue to do so as long as humanly possible :)
Life is not about worrying "Where will the kids stay when they come home?"(They don't really care:), "What about all my stuff?" (You can buy more if you really want it), "How do I just pick up and leave?" (You just do), "What about my citizenship and medical?" (You travel home regularly so as not to nullify either).
I can hear some of you now, "It's not that easy to do". Actually it is. It's more than easy to do, it is however very difficult to fight the ideas that hold you back.
Please live your life, follow those dreams, do what you want to do, don't let life pass you by, and as my friend @drkent says, live with your eyes wide open !!
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