In June 2019 we were on vacation in Croatia. I think we had been there for two days when all the planets had finally lined up, and for the first time in months both children were sleeping at the same time, in the same room, so we managed to have almost 2 hours of silence, just the two of us, with a cup of coffee in our hands, on the edge of the indoor pool and with our feet in the water. And we talked. Without interrupting each other. Without being interrupted by messages or calls or skype. I don't think we even had the phones with us.
And we realized how much we missed it, how much we needed it and how much we disliked what we had at home, in Bucharest. At home, we had days when we established between the two of us, important things only on WhatsApp or on the phone, always on the run.
And then the magic happened. We realized we had to make a decision. In addition to the ongoing financial struggle to cover the bills and rates and costs of the Montessori kindergarten, we no longer liked our life in Bucharest. We didn't enjoy anything anymore. We didn't had time for anything or anyone. We were eating unhealthy. The children were spending a lot of time in front of the screens. We failed to complete much of what we set out to do in one day, we failed to keep our promises to others.
The quality of life had dropped a lot overall. The country constantly disappointed us. In Croatia, on a beach I saw a special elevator through which people with disabilities were helped to enter the water !! In Bucharest people with disabilities struggle with entering a drugstore.
We have always been aware of the differences between our country and other countries we have visited, but now, especially since we have two children, we feel different, we feel more responsabile to give them a healthier environment, and a better childood.
And then, in June 2019, in Croatia, with our feet in the water, me and my husband decided to continue the struggle elsewhere, in other conditions, in another context, in another country.
Two months later, in the last days of that summer, we left behind our old life and starded a new journey in Austria.
We evaluated everything in our lives: activities, goods, people, responsibilities. Some we have given up, others we have delegated and others we tried to adapt. We wanted a simpler but richer life. Do you think that the two notions do not fit? For me they do.
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Let's be kind to each other, it's free.
