The Big Move

Moving and relocating to a new place can be both exciting and challenging at the same time. For us it was one of the biggest moves of our life considering various factors present. The first and foremost amongst those are to get acquainted to some new rules and changes, which can be quite different from what we are still used to. Especially when you are moving to an entirely another state, you should be prepared for some fresh set of challenges in life.

Moving can be stressful too sometimes if you are emotionally attached to your previous place. The feeling can be so unnerving when you think about your daughter who is almost ready to go to a middle school. Leaving all the friends, school, and so many good memories behind and coming to a completely new environment are some of the most common thoughts that come to your mind during moving. But you need to think in a positive way that the new place can bring so much more and add more growth in her life. You need to start looking for the new aspects of life in the new place to cope with the situation. And this is the most important way to get rid of the emotional stress of relocating to an entirely new place.

Adding to all these, there are so many other attachments that you never want to get rid of. Like in our situation, we were emotionally bonded with our previous location as our family got extended there. Yes, my son was born there and our life got a whole lot of happiness after that. Life was never the same after that and got a new meaning of joy and content. We as a family grew emotionally. Apart from these, there are friends who became family and we learned many more lessons for our lives. So, in a nut-shell, we can never forget the place we left and it will always hold a very special place in our life and in our heart.

Next, comes the most daunting and practical phase of moving and relocating, like packing, selling and wrapping up staff. If you are moving out of state, you need to plan well in advance and keep a few important things in mind to make the move easier and hassle-free. The procedures of selecting a mover and moving things accordingly depend on personal choices. So, I am not going to jump on those details, instead I am more focused on the exciting road trip that we took to the new city.

Thinking about a 4-day road trip with two kids (3.5 and 10.5 years old) was never a difficult choice for us. By God’s grace, they are quite familiar with this kind of road trip and were very happy and excited about the decision. They are always ready to face challenges when it comes to exploring new places and gathering some amazing experiences. Upon that we decided to stay in certain places and look around the local attractions to make our journey more exciting and wonderful. It is always important to keep some factors in mind whenever you are travelling with kids, amongst which most vital part is to make the trip comfortable for them. They should not get bored and tired, which may only make your journey more and more difficult. Taking breaks in between, giving them proper snacks and drinks, talking and playing games with them, giving time for minimum screen entertainment are some of the best ways to keep them in good mood. Taking rest and nap times will also give them energy and keep them fresh, especially if it is a long and hectic drive of 7-8 hours a day. We did every possible thing to make the journey comfortable, interesting and less weary and restless for them.

We took stops and looked around some of the wonderful places on our way. We were not in a hurry, so decided to spend as much family time as possible, which were not very usual for the everyday hectic schedule. That proved to be a very appropriate decision taken by us. We laughed, we played, and did everything together before taking the new leap to our new life in a new state.

We learned so many things during this journey and the most important amongst them is not to be afraid to take the risk. When there is risk and challenge, you will see yourself changing too, and changing is inevitable in every step of life. You don’t know what is there on the other side, and unknown is always terrifying. But you will always learn new things with new trials and errors. You will even see how much growth and development came out of the things you have been through the journey. You will definitely become a stronger and more confident individual. You will look at yourself in a different way, realize more of who you are and what the world is.

So hopefully this move will prove to the right choice for us in every aspect of life. With all the good wishes and blessings from our friends and family, we are hoping to see some positive changes and good things happening to this new phase of our life. We are thankful to so many people during this journey who never failed to express their love and shower blessings. Without them our life would be incomplete. This is a real blessing that we got to know these people in some phase of our life. They already hold some most special places in our heart. The hardest part of our move is to leave them behind (of course physically, and not emotionally) and the feeling is so painful. But we definitely hope to see them in future because you never know what is waiting for you in life. On this positive thought I want to conclude this blog and hope to have you all beside me in my future journey.

Love you all and take care..

Apologize for this delay and not blogging for quite a long time. But now I am ready and will provide regular updates in my blog.