Our Exciting Journey Starts Here

Have you ever had a feeling that you just can’t shake? That feeling in the pit of your stomach that penetrates so deeply, you can’t ignore it? You want to follow it, but it doesn’t make sense. If you did, it would disrupt a life that you have so carefully planned and executed.

But, that feeling…..it lingers. It nags. It keeps calling you back.

That is the feeling that I have about living in France.

It calls me. I can’t ignore it. I feel like I need to go. But, how?

The dilemma

I am a wife, and a mother to three school aged children. My husband and I are both physicians, with medical degrees and licenses that are useless in France. We cannot practice medicine there.

We have a mortgage, we owe money on cars, insurances, not to mention our never ending student loan debt. We live comfortably, but, like most people, we have to continue to work to pay these monthly bills, and to maintain our lifestyle.

How could we possibly just quit working, and move to France?

This is where my head and my heart battle it out. I have been a planner my whole life.

…Finish high school with honors, so that I can get a scholarship….finish college with a high g.p.a, so that I can get accepted to medical school…get a spot in residency…start practicing medicine, get married, have kids, etc…

Now, here I am. My plan played out perfectly. Twelve years of school, and over ten years of practicing medicine later, and I am left wanting more.

I have so much to be thankful for…grateful for. Our family is amazing, and I feel so blessed. I find myself feeling guilty for wanting more.

But, It IS Okay To Want More!

Recently, I read something that really changed my perspective. The gist of it is this:

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It is okay to be thankful and grateful for everything that you have, and still strive for something more. Those two things are allowed to exist simultaneously. One of those things does not exclude the other.

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This really changed my perspective. It is not black and white. It is not, “I should be grateful for what I have, and therefore, I should feel guilty for wanting more.”

I can be grateful for everything that I have, and still want to be in France.

It’s time to take action

So, here we are…at a major crossroads in our lives.

Can we make it happen? Can we continue support our family, give our kids what they need, buy a property, and manage to spend time in France, all at the same time?

I am determined for that answer to be “yes.”

Follow along with me and my family as we navigate through all of the unknowns. From figuring out everything from work and finances, to buying a property.

I will keep you updated on our progress, and share the things that we are sure to learn along the way.

Here we go!