This weekend we found ourselves toddling over the road to visit our neighbours, Rod, Stephanie, their daughter Tara and their brand new baby, Benjamin.
He's a cute little thing and the family seemed incredibly relaxed, comfortable and happy at a time when some parents come across as stressed out wrecks.
It seems to me there there is an absolute baby boom going on around us at the moment, with at least half a dozen babies due to friends and family in the next few months.
I guess this has added to the anxiety around the fact that in a few months - three yesterday - we will be leaving here for a long time, possibly for good.
Moving away from friends and family was never going to be easy, but its only now that we're discovering just how hard it is. As you can see from Tiff's entry, we've put down roots and we are choosing to break them.
As any gardener or amateur scientist will tell you, if you put a little stress on a plant as it grows it will grow more strongly. If you pull up the roots - and you don't kill it - the next time it grows them deeper and thicker.
Our adventure over the next couple of years is sometimes going to be exciting and interesting and sometimes dull and stressful. I hope it helps us all grow stronger, wiser and with very deep roots.
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