07/03/2024
Hello, as some of you know, my parents are not aging as gracefully as they would have hoped, and it has become apparent to me that 12 hours and 3 planes (if everything works and is on time and not delayed by weather), is too far from them to be helpful.
So in order to correct this problem I am moving back to Texas to be closer to my parents and to help my brother as we try to help them navigate the aging process as gracefully as they can possibly do it.
To say good by to PEI is not easy, writing this brings tears to my eyes as I think about all the wonderful folks I have had the privilege to care for and share this life with. While I know I will carry some of the red dirt back with me ground into the knees of my gardening jeans, I will also carry with me so many memories of this island that I hope it will help heal the hole in my heart that will exist as I leave a piece of it behind in these red clay roads.
This place is special in ways I am not sure Islanders can see because they have lived with it every day for their entire life. However, I know it as I have seen it time and again throughout my 15 years here.
My last day in Clinic is the 6th of September and yes we are selling the house (we have owned two houses in two countries before and we will not repeat that experience). We will spend the month of September finalizing the packing and having the movers load everything up and our goal is to be on the road before the snows fly.
As I said, I will leave of piece of my heart here and I will definitely take a big piece of you all with me.
Thanks you for allowing me to have such an adventure with you all these last 15 years.
G
