Moving forward while simultaneously grieving is my new life. After the second year anniversary I had a clear knowing that selling our family home was the right thing to do. Prepping and selling the property was a four or five month job, making a 65 year old house appealing to the right buyers.

A few weeks before our home went on the market, I purchased an apartment with a view one block away from our house in Lower Gibsons – after coming full circle from my fixation of moving to Upper Gibsons for a fresh start. At some point I slowly stopped visuallizing living in Cedar Gardens, stopped driving up there, stopped seeing the movers, in my minds eye, carry my belongings out the front door of the house and drive into the driveway of the place in Upper Gibsons. Other forces took over…I know that my dear Don, with help from many other spirits, worked hard to redirect me down the hill to our old neighbourhood, near our friends of 33 years, the ocean and shopping area.

I had seen the apartment I eventually purchased months before, I liked itbut did not w ant to live in the over 55 complex or so close to home. The view of the ocean and the mountains from the windows did not impress themselves upon me until much later.

After going through that process, I purchased the lovely apartment and sold the house a couple of weeks later, to the first couple who saw it. All conditions were off just a week after that. The new folks feel blessed to have the beautiful property with its enormous coniferous trees and flower gardens and the small, well cared for house with it’s lovely wooden floors. Everything flowed, including the move a couple of months later.

While the adjustment has been great, I have landed in the right place, surrounded by friendly people, new friends and still in my own neighbourhood. Oddly, or perhaps not, everything is the same in the community except I have moved down the street, however, the area feels strangely off kilter, surreal.

Travelling will be a little simpler now, I’ll lock the door, have a friend check the plants, and freely enjoy myself.

Ellen

Copyright July 17, 2023

Ellen Besso is a former Life Coach & Counsellor & is an energy worker. She is the author of An Indian Sojourn: One woman’s spiritual experience of travel & volunteering, and Surviving Eldercare: Where their needs end & yours begin, both available through Amazon.