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Today it has been seven years since I first stepped off a plane in Cancun, Mexico, with a friend, ready to enjoy a long, beach vacation together. Never did I expect to step off as one person and return another, changed forever. 

If you didn’t get a chance to read about the night I met Mr P, click How I got here. 

In some ways it seems like I just moved here and in other ways it seems like it has been a lot longer than seven years since I stepped off another plane that would also change me. It’s funny to think so many changes can happen in such a little span of time. 

During the last seven years, I have wrote a book, had various types of English jobs, married a brit, moved house, gave birth to two beautiful children, Mr P has build his business from nothing, and I am doing what I love most writing and being a mother. I also recently have hit a birthday milestone, turning 30! Each one of these things made me who I am today and happened right here in this country which is foreign to me.  Even though I really struggled to be an expat at first and sometimes still do, it was the BEST decision I ever made! 

I don’t tell Mr P that often enough, too many daily, petty things make me comment about home, missing it, longing for the people or the culture or even silly material things. But today as I enjoy our special day, I am reminded this is my children’s homeland, this is the love of my life’s homeland, and this is now my home too! 

Having children, a supportive husband and a best friend next door has really made living in this country A LOT easier, less lonely and is my life now. I need to embrace more English  things now and again, nothing against all you amazing English readers of mine, you are the reason I have thought of this, to better myself, as you are all amazing. Both of my children are English, don’t I want to be a part of that? YES!!! Of course, I do, I just am so scared of losing my own identity and culture in the progress. I am attempting to find balance now, unite my two homes, as my children have done. After all, I moved abroad for love, love for a man and love for everything that comes with him!!!

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 Happy Anniversary to us!!!

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41 thoughts on “I moved abroad for love”

  1. Happy anniversary Hun, 7 years, wow!! And a very big move too. May you have very many more happy decades together. I haven’t read the post about how you met Mr. P yet so going to read that next. I married someone from a different background to me and I completely understand the thing about wanting to keep your own identity. Xx

  2. Thank you so much hunny. And thanks for reading both posts! You are such a great supporter. Love it ya it’s hard to unite two worlds for sure. Still don’t know how to do it after 7 years. Lol

  4. um you two are way too good looking! I should hate you a bit but soon as you are super super lovely to boot i am just incredibly happy for you 🙂 Have a top anniversary Jenny xxx

  5. Katie you are hilarious. This was seven years ago I have AGED considerably since then you will see at britmums!!! Lol two babies and living abroad will do that to you!!!

  6. Ahhhh thanks for reading both sweetie!!!! And thanks it was a great anniversary. Although I could enjoy a drink as I am running 10k Tomo! Eeek

  28. Thanks Jocelyn, it’s definitely been a roller coaster but that’s life isn’t it? Thanks for commenting. We had a lovely day as a family together.

  29. it is really really hard the first few years and continues sometimes to be hard but you have to look at it another way and make peace with it. I have now made great friends, have a career starting and a wonderful family. Home is where the heart is and my heart is here so therefore here is home!!!

  30. I know, I never think about it in terms of everything that has happened in seven years until I wrote this. hahaha It certain makes life go fast.

  32. Thank you Alice. So sweet of you to say. Thanks for stopping by and commenting too! 🙂 We are a great team, and glad we didn’t let an ocean between us stop us!

  33. Hi there, lovely to get to know you and your blog, linking up from #Whatsthestory and looking forward to getting to know about you and your blog x

  35. Awww Happy Anniv! You and your husband are such a cute couple! #WhatsTheStory

  37. Happy anniversaire Jenny! It sounds like 7 years has absolutely flown by and what a lot you have to show for it! Must be hard too, I lived in Australia for 2 years in the 90’s, so can appreciate it – a bit at least! So looking forward to meeting you at BritMums! Great post, thank you for sharing with #whatsthestory

  38. What a beautiful couple you are! 🙂 Happy anniversary.

    I hope we can meet for a coffee soon, didn’t get chance to speak properly at Blog On xxx

  39. I know I am sorry I didn’t get a chance to speak properly to you on Blog On. My head was spinning as it was my first blogging anything and I was so very nervous. Coffee date sounds great anytime. 🙂

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