Such a beautiful post, Sabrina! I love how head-healthy your approach to moving is - all those strategies, routines, fun adventures, lookings-forward. I’m in awe of how you’ve not only taken all those moves in your stride but have welcomed them so much.
The theme of ‘home’ is huge for me - I’ve always felt deeply sewn into the seams of where I grew up, and those people and that place are not only still there but they remain the most important people and place in my life. My parents had wanted to move house when we were children, and my brother and I weren’t having any of it! https://rebeccaholden.substack.com/p/31-were-not-moving
Such a great post - thank you, Sabrina. It’s really made me think about some stuff! ☺️
Rebecca, I LOVED that post of yours when I read it the first time; I gobbled it up since of course it was all about home. Yours was the kind of home I read about as a child and thought that must be how 'other people' live and I would LOVE to be in that life. All the animals! (I also wanted to be part of a large family living in New York City for some reason, but imagination is so delightfully accommodating). You described your childhood home so vividly, tenderly, and with such love that it makes me so happy to know you are right where you need to be. x
I never knew how much you moved before high school. It is certainly a tribute to your parents that you weren't traumatized by the whole pick up again experience. Nor did I understand how you protected your own children from that chaos, though I knew very well the stable home you provided for them.
Most of my moving has been in my adult life. In the past 10 years, we moved from NYC to two apartments in Washington, DC, and then to Madrid. And we still have another move in us as long as it's in our same building where we are now. (Just putting that out to the universe :) Each time, I've been excited about the next move. Something wonderful was coming up. And as much as I loved each apartment, once we settled into the new one, I've never looked back with any regret or sadness. Funny how that works.
I'm so happy to hear that your moves have all been positive and you've not had any regret. That is absolutely the best thing, and I'm looking forward to seeing at least ONE of the places in Madrid. You created such fabulous homes in New York and DC; I can only imagine Madrid is a colourful joyful home too. xx
What an interesting childhood! I love when it was your own children you made it like an adventure. For a three year period my Mother and I moved 6-7 times. We had lived in Philadelphia, PA for 10 years, moved to Idaho, lived in several places there, and then several places in California where you and I met. I remember how I enjoyed exploring the new places on my bike. Summertime in Idaho I slid down ski slopes on lunch trays, go fishing, and ice skate. In California I rode the heck out of my bike, hunted in pawn shops and walked through marinas. Thank you for having me relive those memories.
I remember you so well with your bicycle! What a great way to explore a new place. I had no memory of the other States you had lived in. I guess at that age we were so focused on the here and now, weren't we? How fun to hear about all your explorations, and how well suited they were to the places themselves. We just went for our first bicycle explore around the island since last summer and found some delightful new places to return to. Hope to hear about your exploring in your current state sometime!
I feel gobsmacked right now Sabrina! I was so unobservant about my physical surroundings (head in book, almost always) that I have NO memory of multiple addresses for you. None. I'd visit you at your house, and it would be you I remembered, not differences in locale. That could be a big reason why I got so lost when I tried to visit you at your folks house on that rainy day decades ago!
Re my own moves- in school I changed apartments a lot, but otherwise it was "stable" housing - a decade here, three decades there... Time is faster day to day and yet slower in hindsight. Does that make sense?
I'm glad you were oblivious! No reason to be paying attention when what was going on in the books was so much more exciting! And that is an interesting thought about the nature of time; I'm not sure if I understand exactly what you mean. I do remember that time moved so much slower when we were children than it seems to now!
Such a beautiful post, Sabrina! I love how head-healthy your approach to moving is - all those strategies, routines, fun adventures, lookings-forward. I’m in awe of how you’ve not only taken all those moves in your stride but have welcomed them so much.
The theme of ‘home’ is huge for me - I’ve always felt deeply sewn into the seams of where I grew up, and those people and that place are not only still there but they remain the most important people and place in my life. My parents had wanted to move house when we were children, and my brother and I weren’t having any of it! https://rebeccaholden.substack.com/p/31-were-not-moving
Such a great post - thank you, Sabrina. It’s really made me think about some stuff! ☺️
Rebecca, I LOVED that post of yours when I read it the first time; I gobbled it up since of course it was all about home. Yours was the kind of home I read about as a child and thought that must be how 'other people' live and I would LOVE to be in that life. All the animals! (I also wanted to be part of a large family living in New York City for some reason, but imagination is so delightfully accommodating). You described your childhood home so vividly, tenderly, and with such love that it makes me so happy to know you are right where you need to be. x
That's so kind of you, Sabrina - thank you! 😊 And yes - we can be anywhere or anyone in our imagination - I love that!
I never knew how much you moved before high school. It is certainly a tribute to your parents that you weren't traumatized by the whole pick up again experience. Nor did I understand how you protected your own children from that chaos, though I knew very well the stable home you provided for them.
Most of my moving has been in my adult life. In the past 10 years, we moved from NYC to two apartments in Washington, DC, and then to Madrid. And we still have another move in us as long as it's in our same building where we are now. (Just putting that out to the universe :) Each time, I've been excited about the next move. Something wonderful was coming up. And as much as I loved each apartment, once we settled into the new one, I've never looked back with any regret or sadness. Funny how that works.
I'm so happy to hear that your moves have all been positive and you've not had any regret. That is absolutely the best thing, and I'm looking forward to seeing at least ONE of the places in Madrid. You created such fabulous homes in New York and DC; I can only imagine Madrid is a colourful joyful home too. xx
What an interesting childhood! I love when it was your own children you made it like an adventure. For a three year period my Mother and I moved 6-7 times. We had lived in Philadelphia, PA for 10 years, moved to Idaho, lived in several places there, and then several places in California where you and I met. I remember how I enjoyed exploring the new places on my bike. Summertime in Idaho I slid down ski slopes on lunch trays, go fishing, and ice skate. In California I rode the heck out of my bike, hunted in pawn shops and walked through marinas. Thank you for having me relive those memories.
I remember you so well with your bicycle! What a great way to explore a new place. I had no memory of the other States you had lived in. I guess at that age we were so focused on the here and now, weren't we? How fun to hear about all your explorations, and how well suited they were to the places themselves. We just went for our first bicycle explore around the island since last summer and found some delightful new places to return to. Hope to hear about your exploring in your current state sometime!
I feel gobsmacked right now Sabrina! I was so unobservant about my physical surroundings (head in book, almost always) that I have NO memory of multiple addresses for you. None. I'd visit you at your house, and it would be you I remembered, not differences in locale. That could be a big reason why I got so lost when I tried to visit you at your folks house on that rainy day decades ago!
Re my own moves- in school I changed apartments a lot, but otherwise it was "stable" housing - a decade here, three decades there... Time is faster day to day and yet slower in hindsight. Does that make sense?
I'm glad you were oblivious! No reason to be paying attention when what was going on in the books was so much more exciting! And that is an interesting thought about the nature of time; I'm not sure if I understand exactly what you mean. I do remember that time moved so much slower when we were children than it seems to now!