As we grow and age, our tastes change. Not just eating more foods, I wouldn’t touch mushrooms or seafood growing up, but as an adult I eat both, but also what we want out of life, where we live, what is important to us. As a young adult I wanted a family, children to care for love, a family to create, I had such high hopes and strong opinions. Then when things changed and the kids all went to live with their father, and had other priorities, I had to decide what else I could fill my life with. Apart from alcohol and smoking, friends all had their own lives, so I chose writing, gardening, crystals, Reiki, Naturopathy, and all things natural.

My long term plan after the kids were all independent, was to move to the coast with a girlfriend and set up a healing therapy business. I thought about moving to the town where my kids were, but I knew they would all move as they grew up and I would be left by myself. Of course as things happen when people are involved, circumstances changed. People I thought were important in my life turned out to be transient and moved on.

I made a new set of friends through work, and investigated places to live closer to work rather than moving away. I ended up moving to a beautiful village an hour or so away from work. A comment today – that I had changed, what I wanted, who I was made me think. I understand the comment, where I am living now is far away from where I am had planned yet I couldn’t be happier with the village and the people. I don’t think I have changed that much. I am still fiercely loyal to those I love. I still plan to have that alternate therapies business. 

One change is that I absolutely love the village, the gardening the fruit and vegetables and I can’t wait to retire to be here all the time. So, priorities and tastes change over time, maybe its maturity. I am very glad I got here and cant wait to see what the future holds!