Fast Forward

I have decided to resurrect my blog. A lot has happened in our lives since my last post in 2022. We did end up finding a condo in Amherst MA. But it never felt like home to us and we remained heartbroken that we still could not afford to go back to our home.

I never really understood before I moved here just how far away from Boston Amherst is. It is over 2 hours just to get to Newton. Then another half hour to get to Brookline. To get to my son's house on the south shore is nearly 3 hours. Unless there is cape traffic. Then it can take over 4 hours. All this driving was wearing us down. Plus we could not do the drive in one day so no matter what we always had to stay in a hotel overnight and drive back the next day.

I stopped driving a few years ago and my husband really no longer enjoys driving. So we were essentially "stuck" out here with no family nearby. Plus no one wanted to come out here to see us since it was so far away for them too.

Our sadness was palpable. I had my art to keep me busy. Plus I joined a wonderful organization called "The Amherst woman's Club". I ended up doing alot of their graphic design as well as going to some lovely concerts in their beautiful house. But even in spite of all this we were still sad all the time.

Plus living in an over 55 community is not easy. It is bad enough to be getting old. The only young people we ever see here in the community are the caregivers. That is depressing in itself.

So we had essentially given up. And then a miracle happened. And it was a miracle. My grandson was visiting in Brookline for a few days before he moved to his new duty station. So we went into Brookline to spend some time with him. Being in Brookline is very hard for me. I have to entertain my family at a hotel instead of my home. The hotel is also right around the corner from my old condo. I was happy to see my family and sad to be where I wanted to live.

The night before we left I looked on Zillow. I found a condo and clicked the "Take a Tour" button. A realtor called me right away. We set up an appointment to look at the condo. He also showed us another one. A better one. The best one. It was a one bedroom but had two bathrooms.

We bought it. We are going home.