It is OK to change your mind, pt. 2.
“Have you ever been so set in a decision for an extended period of time, and then changed your mind? We have, and let me tell you why that is OK”- this is the start to a previous blog post I wrote, sharing how we came to terms with changing our mind on finding out the gender of our little someday ahead of time.
well, here we are again, changing our mind.
First, let me tell you a little bit of our back story- Brian and I met walking down the street. Literally. I spontaneously moved to Texas after I graduated from undergrad, and I decided to get a puppy when I was feeling lonely shortly after moving. I was walking baby Rylee girl by my apartment, when Brian and friends stopped to pet her (understandably, she was so cute), just 10 days after bringing her home. If you know anything about our love story, it was pretty dang close to love at first sight, and our relationship moved very quickly.
We bought & renovated our first home together in Fort Worth, TX, and truly loved the life we were building there together. The culture, the music, the weather, the food (tacos=life), the proximity to New Mexico & Colorado…
our life together, began there.
We started to have some hard conversations about where we ultimately wanted to live, and we decided that it was best to move back to my hometown in Pennsylvania. Let me tell you, it was a very hard and scary decision for us to pick up our life we built and move…
It was not an easy transition when we moved to Pennsylvania- change is hard.
We always knew that our relationship had a handicap living and having family in two different parts of the country- Texas & Pennsylvania.
So very recently, Brian and I started to have those really hard conversations again; where do we ultimately see ourselves raising our daughter. And both of our hearts were taking us back to Texas.
Frequently asked questions
why are you moving so soon after having a baby?
This is a very complex question, but I think we finally had a realization that we have everything here now (my family close by, good friends, jobs we love, our beautiful home, and the perfect baby we waited for) & we are still not feeling like this is home for us here in Pennsylvania. There would never be an easy time for a transition as big as this, so we are following our hearts now.
but you just renovated your whole house!
Yes. We love our house, and we truly poured our heart into it, but ultimately it is just a house… we can do it again. And pouring so much love into this house is paying off now as we sell, and is allowing more opportunity for us in other areas.
How is your family taking it?
It is really hard, there is no way around it, but they are supportive of us going where our hearts are happiest. We are only a quick flight away, and we will be back in PA often!
Are you going back to work?
Not right now. I am going to take some time to bet on myself, and focus on this business because this is a business I can do with our girl. I am not ready to leave her yet, and this move is giving us that opportunity.
What is next?
Another fixer upper, are you surprised?
are you changing your business name?
Nope! It all started here at Hillside Farmhouse- all of my growth both professionally & personally. I am proud of how far we’ve come so I am taking this little piece with us to remember where it all began.
I think that the biggest mistake we made moving to Pennsylvania was putting permanence behind it. Telling ourselves that we found our “forever home”. Something that I have learned from the past several years is to not try plan your future because life’s plan is likely going to be different.
I am proud of us for taking the chance and following our hearts then, and for doing the same now.
It is OK to change your mind.
onto the next adventure
It’s about to be fast and furious, lets do this.
