Traveling Family

On our way to school this morning, I suddenly heard a lady nearby, who asked:

"Oh, are you the traveling family, you're Eero, aren't you?"

I knew she works in the school but didn't know that she has been helping my son in his reading group. 

I was ever so pleased to hear that Eero has been talking about where we have come from and where we've been. The lady thought that it was interesting way to live our lives. I told her that the 'traveling' could stop any day, when we find the place we want to stay. We just haven't found it yet. Her curiosity was filled.

I started thinking about it. It's hard to make that decision, to move somewhere new especially if you haven't ever been there before. That's how all of our moves have been. We've moved to a different country, where none of us has ever been before. You have to learn all the everyday life things all over again because they most likely will be different than in the last place you lived. 

We have settled in Australia, that's what most of the people keep asking. Settling is getting to know the area, how things are done, and getting yourself in to the everyday routine. Now, I can't say it has been easy, with all the animals, especially spiders and magpies, but it's challenging in a good way. You find out new things about yourself and how to overcome yourself in a new situation. Like I have never been scared of birds, let alone have an opinion about any birds, now; I hate birds. Yes, it's a bit harsh, I might settle down when the magpie nesting, or whatever it is that makes them swooping, ends.

I was very fortunate to be able to stay at home when the boys were little, I enjoyed every moment of it, and then when they both were in school I was even more fortunate to find a job that I fell in love with, not realizing, that it would be THE job for me. Now I'm between jobs, as you say when you haven't found a job yet after leaving your previous one, and hoping that I will find it again. Like I said to my previous boss, commuting to England is a bit too difficult, otherwise I would have stayed in that job. Meanwhile, my husband is doing what he knows and loves the best, cooking delicious (that's what I've been told) meals for everybody in his restaurant and I support his settling in by taking care of the household.

From the moment we landed in Australia, I just felt so welcomed. In the airport there was this man, who was greeting all the passengers who were coming from the airplanes saying:

"Welcome to Brisbane! If you were on holiday, welcome back, if you have come to visit, have a lovely time, G'day!"  

He made me smile and less worried. 

You can live anywhere you want to live. You just need to be open-minded that things can be different, some things are hard, some are easier and you can't know everything from the start. Do it with somebody you love.

I wouldn't call us the traveling family, like the lady that I mentioned in the beginning. I just don't like the word 'traveling'. I think we are just an ordinary family that seeks to explore and have an adventure and embrace every moment of our lives. We are finding out what life has to offer for us. We don't have a home to go back to, home is with us, wherever we go, it's our small close family, it's where our hearts are.

"Life is a journey, not the destination."