This is our life

A friend of ours in Bethel is most likely moving out of town. This has prompted Terrence and I to think about our plans. Our track record in the past has involved lots of moves and changes so it might be surprising to some that this time the conversation revolved around staying where we are. We had this conversation in January on a day with a -25 windchill so we must really mean it.

Of course this does not mean forever. I promise we will not retire in Bethel. It does mean that for now this is our life. We have wonderful weekends indoors with James and baby. We get up each work day and drive the short way to work on icey roads to fight with lawyers and health care officials. We commiserate with each other and our coworkers about the injustices we see several times a day. We don't miss movie theatres and bars because our lives are so full with family and work. We are actually doing what we said we wanted to do when we were optimistic wide eyed teenagers. Only it is in a place we couldn't have imagined, a cold, somewhat broken but beautiful place.