Do you ever imagine yourself in a different life? Maybe you would choose to be an actor, a triple threat, starring on stage every day – or maybe you are a triple threat and you would choose not to. I used to pretend I was the actress cast to play Annie. Or maybe you would live in the big city, like New York, instead of a small town. Sometimes I imagine myself living in Paris (with Eric and the kids, of course. Ok, maybe this is the only life I don’t see them in) sitting in cafes and writing the next great (realistically, mediocre) novel. Sometimes I imagine our family moving to an island somewhere and opening up a small inn and running a volleyball program for kids on the beach.
But mostly, I find myself daydreaming about buying back my grandparent’s farm. I spent so much of my childhood there; playing in the barns, walking the fields and eating raspberries and peas from my grandma’s garden. I am still a farm girl at heart. I dream about it a lot. And in my dreams I have always put in a pool. I picture myself tending to my chickens and having lots of cats running around the barns. I can see Eric fixing things (endlessly, as it goes on a farm) and the kids and their friends, down at the river and finding adventure. I would love a big harvest table set outside beside my grandma’s garden for our meals together.
The farm will be for sale again soon. I know this because I am known to drive up the long laneway and have a little peak around. The current owner is very kind when he sees that it is me, lurking around his property, again. I know we would love life in the country but the reality is we will likely never make such a big move. Still, I know this ‘other’ life will continue to tug at me, daring me to just do it. Now I have talked myself into it again.
Tell me about the life you daydream about…I can’t be the only one, can I?
A bit more…I loved this documentary so much!!!
