Aisling's Decluttering Journal
20 April - 15 May 2003

"I have lived on the edges of real life." In these past few years, that's how it's been. As my children developed their own lives, so we didn't have the same strength-in-numbers at play here, and I woke up to the compromises that I'd made... it stopped being fun. I also more consciously retreated from life, becoming almost a recluse for awhile.

Again, I don't want it to sound like this awful situation, because in so many ways, it was just normal life. Everyone has challenges, and I did the best that I could with mine.

But, it is not a life that I can continue to live... not like this. And that's what this change is all about. This is why I'm moving, packing up what means the most to me, and moving to start a fresh life in a new location with new people around me... but strong ties to my children, as well as to long-term friends.

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