nomads.

Today..

I am starting this blog. Brand new, from scratch. Oh wait.  I've had this page since '06? hm.  I think it's time? I think I am ready.

Blog objectives. To be myself & to honestly document our life.

Reason I am starting, brand new.. from scratch? We are moving and becoming nomads.

Nomadic people (Greek: νομάδες, nomádes, "those who let pasture herds"), commonly known as itinerants in modern-day contexts, are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. 

Now, we have technically, kind of,  already been nomads for the last um, (yes.. i say um.. a lot) 3 1/2 years. In which we have gone from California to Oregon *siiiigh* to Tennessee (our current residence) and in a few weeks Key West, FL  

And in the last 3 1/2 ish years we have been through:

career change - moving - pregnancy - baby -  marriage crisis - restoration - moving - pregnancy - another baby - husband in school+full time work - in-laws and now moving.... again.

(My husband has taken a dream job with an awesome design/build company which means, we move with each new project. His first project is taking us to Key west Florida)

Yes, my head is now spinning just reading this.

It's crazy.

I worry about my kids.

I worry about making friends. 

I worry about how crazy this all is.

I worry. (You will come to know this about me, I worry)

But I also feel...

Peace (another trait of mine which compliments the worrying)

We have been through.. quite a journey. To put it mildly. I have been through a lot of hurt. And a lot of pain. And a lot of crap. And quite frankly. I am done.  I am tired of allowing the fly into the house and allowing it's terrible buzzing around my head. The fly is going down.

I love how this next "destination" is a vacation spot.  I think it's what we need.  Just us and none of the other noise. A year to begin to discover who we are as a family and dig deep into our roots of who we are. Roots don't have to be planted in a location but can be planted deep within family.

I want to be a better mom and a better me. It's time. My husband has done so much work for himself, for me, for his kids. He's changed and fought for me. Now.. it's my turn, to fight for myself.