Can I say trepidation?

As excited as we are, I still wake up at 2am with a feeling of trepidation.  A fear of what may happen, a fear of leaving what we know behind, a fear that our kids may miss their friends more than we think.....it changes as the night draws on.  And yet, we continue to dream and plan this adventure.  What helps tremendously is thinking back to what drew us here.  I work as a speech therapist in home health.  I cannot tell you how many times I hear, "time goes so fast", "enjoy your kids while they are young", "I wish I had done that".  Over and over again I'd tell Matt about these patients who inspired me to be and do more than I thought I could.  Luckily, I married a guy who felt the same way.  We've got very little time with these three munchkins and they still like us, want to be with us and are as excited as we are to "live outside the box" while "living inside the box".  We also followed a family very similar to us who did this exact adventure for two years, traveling with their three kids.  We continue to follow their travels, even this summer, to Alaska.  They are leaving a road map of sorts with great descriptions of places they've stayed, places to avoid and inspiring posts.  Finally, we know that this is our "sweet spot" of time with the ages of our kids and with Matt being able to work from anywhere in the states.  This time, too, will pass.  So, we are stepping out in faith and dreaming of what is to come.

In front of the house that we built, our kids grew in and we sold to embark on this year's adventure.