Think Happy. Be Happy.

etsy seller theloveshop

I started this blog as a way to vent at the end of the day or clear my head with a cup of coffee in the morning (hence lots of typos in older posts).  I wanted people in the real worl with real problems to realize that paradise is a state of mind, not a location.  So, with a bit of sarcasm and tounge-in-cheek, I started blogging abou tmy “beach life” on this rock to give people an inside look at MY LIFE in paradise.  It’s sometimes pretty shitty.  Its life.

 As a producer for a leading St. Croix travel website, I received TONS of emails…random questions.  I sincerely tried to answer them all untill my boss realized it was not paying the bills and I had to cut back.  But people still found me…I put myself out there doing interviews for ex-pat magazines and writing articles for local publications.  I still get the random emails, and its something like this that makes it all worth while:

not sure how many folks email you, so you might not remember me, but we emailed back and forth last summer/fall when my husband and i were researching a possible move down your way.

after much deliberation, we’ve decided its not the right move for us right now.

but i wanted to thank you for taking the time to email and honestly tell me about ya’lls experience in the virgin islands.  you really helped me understand how important it would be that we be in a very happy place as a couple and family BEFORE moving down there, so that we could handle the day to day stresses/challenges.  that combined with being so far from both our families, made us realize that it might not be best right now.

i hope you will continue your blog and your contacts with folks like me.  we mommas gotta help each other when it comes to such big decisions as these.

i also hope you will find ways to stay close with your family, as i could tell during the time we were talking that the distance was sometimes hard for you.

you have a beautiful family and are providing an amazing experience for your kiddos.  life is an adventure!  enjoy!

many, many thanks,
vdk

For me, this really hits home because some good friends of ours (lots of bfm’s on STX, we’ll call her A-Cat) just left STX with her 2 year old, 7 mos pregnant to Ch-Ch-Chicago…during one of the worst storms. And when I say storm I mean colder than colder hell freezing ice and rain storm.  And know what?  She still has paradise because I know no matter where she and her husband call home with their family, it will always be paradise. 

And so, once again, Paradise is not a location, it is a state of mind.  Where you live does not determine your happiness.  You are responsible for your own happiness.

Where is your paradise?

Now, I am going to go get my kids and take them on a  walk in that fancy-smancy neighborhood down the street , and hear about their day.

xo to all of you and thanks for letting me share my life….living in paradise.

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