One is the lonliest number

The hardest part of this adventure for me, so far, has been dealing with the loneliness. It is the challenge of being in a house but not of the house. It is further compounded by not really having my own space here. My room is lovely, do not get me wrong; however, I am still a boarder.

I am not nearly pulled as thin as Denver. The stress of the education and people process out there was very different than here in LI. Also, there is more of a routine here. In Denver, we never knew what we were up for the evening until the end of the day. Plans really all depended on the day's experiences and our need to cope with them.

Here, I end up retreating through technology back to the places I love. My room is suddenly transformed into my living room or a back yard deck with a web cam and cell phone. I can even help ma chère with nightly devotions with the boys. Not a typical functional family, but it works as a temporary solution.