I have decided to resurrect my blog. A lot has happened in our lives since my last post in 2022. We did end up finding a condo in Amherst MA. But it never felt like home to us and we remained heartbroken that we still could not afford to go back to our home. I never really understood before I moved here just how far away from Boston Amherst is. It is over 2 hours just to get to Newton. Then another half hour to get to Brookline. To get to my son's house on the south shore is nearly 3 hours. Unless there is cape traffic. Then it can take over 4 hours. All this driving was wearing us down. Plus we could not do the drive in one day so no matter what we always had to stay in a hotel overnight and drive back the next day. I stopped driving a few years ago and my husband really no longer enjoys driving. So we were essentially "stuck" out here with no family nearby. Plus no one wanted to come out here to see us since it was so far away for them too. Our sadness w...