"Every house where love abides
And friendship is a guest,
Is surely home, and home sweet home
For there the heart can rest."
- Henry Van Dyke
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A home... Our home... Our favorite home as far as I can remember was here in NYC, our cute, cozy one bedroom apartment on the 9th floor in Harlem. The home with the most amazing view. The home we brought our babies to after they were born. The home we lost our beloved Leon in. The home we grew up in. Many, many memories.
We outgrew our tiny little cozy cave a long time ago. Filled to the brim with strollers, toys, stuff. And we have downsized, but four people "need" a lot of stuff. And we like our stuff. Minimalists we will never be, even though I know Bill dreams of the will power 😆
Bill came home from work a while ago and took this pictures of the girls and I eating dinner. We never really had space for a real dining room table (we did in the beginning, but then kids' stuff took over) so this (and other variations with other tiny tables added for more people) is how we usually eat dinner. I was always a bit embarrassed when people were over, like 'Yeah, you might have to hold your plate while you eat.. And sit on the floor.. Because we have no space fchairs.. We have two tricycles in our living room, but no chairs..' 😜 But when I saw this picture I thought: "Oh, how cozy we look! How happy to be close together." And that's what our time here together as a family was all about: HYGGE. And what better place to be hygge in than here.
But now my friends we have finally decided (and not just decided. I mean, if you know us you know that we decided about once a year to move) to move on. And because NY is NY we can't really afford to be NYers anymore. We loved this place but life got so exhausting here once the kids arrived. NY got unsafer. Stinkier. Crazier. Everything changes when you have children and for me it became clear that raising them in this crazy city wasn't really how I wanted to do it. Sooooo we set out to find our perfect Eigenheim in our favorite area in NY: The Hudson Valley, close to our beloved Bear Mountain. About an hour away from the city. I will post an update when we have a definite update. I don't want to jinx anything :)
Until then, much love from NYC,
💜 me
"Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts."
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
