Thanks for checking out the blog. Living on the island we notice a lot of posts on other sites looking for information on moving to PEI from another province. Islanders are fantastic at providing the best information and resources, but I wanted to offer another perspective. From someone who is “from away”. That took a chance and followed a dream. A bit of background …..
We have visited the island many times during the summer and we never wanted to leave. I realize this is how most people feel on vacation but this feeling was deeper. I truly felt, as did my husband, that we belonged here. So we starting dreaming of retirement and spending our golden years walking the beaches playing with our grandchildren. When we brought my parents to the island our dream became theirs and we decided that in a few years maybe we could all live here together. Then life changed.
To put it simply, my mother passed away. My mom, who had just retired and had her golden years ahead of her was gone.
The months that followed were very dark, watching my Dad grieve, for me anyways, was the worst part. One day he said he felt like just packing up the truck and heading east. I couldn’t imagine him doing that alone. We asked ourselves why were we waiting to start living our dreams? We couldn’t really come up with a good enough answer so …….
Exactly one year to the day of my Moms passing. My husband, my father, our youngest son and myself moved into our home on the island. Yes, I picked that closing date specifically as we desperately needed some good memories to help us through the bad ones. I think that’s exactly how my Mom would have wanted it.
I will be adding more posts about different parts of this grand adventure as we go. It hasn’t all been easy, but we wouldn’t change a thing 😉
Relocating to the Red Island 