"The possibility of a huge promotion for my husband and living in a vacation destination got our family talking about moving . I was reluctant, but willing to roll the dice and see what happened. To my surprise, just a few months later, my husband was offered his dream job 150 miles away. My heart sank. While my brain said "Yes" to moving our family away from my favorite house we'd ever owned, and the city where we'd raised all three of our kids,"
"Before we moved, our youngest daughter was a junior in high school, loving her choir program. While packing up and house-hunting we decided that switching to home-based schooling would work best for her during the transition. A few months later, she bravely enrolled at her new high school. Instead of choir - she got into gardening and culinary activities. Then after graduation, she transitioned into a professional culinary program ."
In January 2023 my family moved 150 miles from Riverside to Santa Barbara after my husband accepted his dream job. The move felt emotionally difficult because children were older, extended family moved farther away, and twenty years of friendships ended. My youngest shifted from choir to home-based schooling during the transition, later enrolling at a new high school and pursuing gardening and culinary activities before entering a professional culinary program. My middle daughter graduated a semester early, used local city college as a bridge, and worked at the local zoo to build social connections. Over time, the family adjusted and formed new community ties.
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