I Moved From Massachusetts to Maine Thinking It Was Temporary – ryan

When I Moved to Portland, Maine, From Boston in 2003 with my boyfriend, craig, it was a pit stop, not a home. I had no desire to lay roots.

From as far back as i could remember, my dream was to head out to Hollywood and make a name for mySelf in the film industry. I have Attended Graduate School and Received an Ma in Television/Video Production from Emerson College. At some point durying our first date, craig told with he wanted to become a comedy writer. Our plan was hatched. We were Heading to Southern California. Of Course, We Wauld Need Time to Save.

We decided to spend a year or so in Portland, Saving and Preparing for the Move Out West. Its been over 20 years.

Our Families Were in New England

Craig was Born and Raised in Maine, and His Parents Still Lived there. I was from a city north of boston. Craig’s Family Originally Came from Denmark and Ireland, and Mine made their way over from Sicily, Our ancestors deciding to settle in new England. Our families were proud and devoted new Englanders for at Least Three Generations. That tradition would end with us. As a Kid, it is before my california dreaming, i vowed i would never raise my children in new England. I hated the Cold and Didn’t Enjoy Growing Up in a City.

We moved to Portland in August 2003 from My Small Apartment in Massachusetts. I got rid of almost every ex, and we moved in with Craig’s Parents. Discovering He’d Never Let His Parents Know of Our Made My Desire to Leave Eve Stronger.

We managed to find Jobs, and we began to save. I Promised MySelf I Wauldn’t Become Attache to Anynding or Anyone. Craig’s Mother made of impossible. She Became a Friend and Surrogate Mother. Still, planned. I Spent Evenings Searching for Apartments Online and Days Stashing Away the Money of Earned Working at a Daycare.

I got Pregnant with Our First Kid

THEN, EIGHTS MONTHS AFTER WE MOVED TO MAINE, I HAD A STRAGE Feeling. I’d missed my period and was ejausted at the end of each day. A Week Later, The Two Pink Lines Told me what i already belived was true. I was Pregnant.

We tried to imagine moving to los angeles with a new baby and no Support System. WHO WOULD WE CALL IN TIMES OF CRISIS OR WENE WE NEEDED A BABYSSTER? We knew that we are couludn’t. We didn’t.

Instead, we decided to stay in maine. We bought a starter home and had three more Kids. Thatn, we moved into the dream house in the suburb of scarborough, a coastal community with good schooles and several beaches. My Dreams of West Coast Living Didn’t Die. Los Angeles Became a Place I Still Look to Wen Life Became Difficult. The Leaky Roof and the Constant Cold-Weather Journeys with Kids Sent with scrolling for homes in the sunshine.

I hated the COLD but felt like

While there are wells I liked the Maine, I Still Hated the Cold and the Exorbitant Cost of Life in the Winter (Heating, Rising Electricity Costs, Shoveling, Storm Damage). Be the pandemic rolled around and our lives were THROWN OFF, WE DEKEDED TO MOVE. The Transition to Los Angeles SEEED EXTREME. Our Journey Waled Be to a Place a Bit Closer.

We decide to move South. Finally, we would leave bend the chaotic mess is was home Ownership and parenthod in the winter. My Dreaming New England was finally with Reach. We look in Georgia and South Carolina, and we put our dream house up for sale.

In the meantime, life in maine carried on. I found a teaching job after returning to school for my ms in education. I’d Made Friends. My Kids Had Made Friends. It was only when i was faced with the realized i didn’t want to. I HAD FINALLY FOUND A HOME. It was one i never though i wanted in a place where i thought i would never raise a family. Still, it was the place the place of Had Lived Longest, and it was home. It had been for light longer than i’d realized.

Maine is my place. It is all of my children were Born and Educated. It is where i found a fantastic job as a special educator in the distribution where i live. I’ve decidated a few months of Cold is warn it to remain where i’m supposed to be. Besides, My Middle-School Son Plays Hockey, which has kept US entertained in the winter, and i’ve foveling to be an effective and invigorating workout.

My Journey to Finally Finding Home Was a Long One and One i Never Expectted. But Like John Lennon Said, “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” I guess finding home is too.