Never be afraid of new experiences and challenges. We are trying to teach our children that whatever happens, whatever your do, take that experience, learn from it and move forward. Sometimes I think that the fact that we have children is the only reason we’re not actual nomads!
Some people are not built to stay in one place forever. I know it’s right to continually check ourselves, to never become complacent. Even if we do go back physically to a place we’ve been before, we will forever be different due to the experiences we’ve encountered since we were last there. We can only move forward and take our experiences with us. We have come to realize that no matter what we decide to do next, we have come so far, and learned so much that we must never go back.īy “back” I mean that wishing for something we had will never help. There are so many other things we constantly question about our life and the choices we make. How will other options affect our family life? Life Choices Right now we’re lucky he comes home every day. We constantly discuss what our options are with regards to this, factoring in things like his age and how much time we have left to be picky. Whether you like to accept that fact, or you don’t like reading it, it’s true. This situation can’t continue for very long now that the girls are in big school.īesides that, as a white man in South Africa, his future employment is not guaranteed. It only takes so long to build a road so when they road is built, it’s time to move on. He is a Civil Engineer by trade, and by that simple fact we have moved a lot. He has a good job but it is very stressful and he works long hours. My husband is the sole breadwinner for our family. If not, can we afford to pay for higher quality medical care? Work & Employability Is the standard of medical care available to us good enough? Will it serve them well in the future? Not now, but when they have left formal education. And so we constantly check with ourselves whether we believe that the standard of education they are receiving is adequate. We constantly questions ourselves and our decisions about, “Are we living in the right place for them?” Is the quality of our children’s lives the best it can be, taking into consideration their happiness – are we being selfish by living nowhere near any of our family members, or close friends. Things Like What?īy that I mean things like: The girls’ familial wellbeing My husband and I have been through so much together, and we constantly question whether we are doing the right thing. This is our little family “motto”, if you will.īasically it means that we should always keep moving forward, and not try to go back to where we have been before.
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