Eight years ago, before we had kids, my spouse and I left our city of 8.5 million humans and moved to a very small island off the Mother’s day nana a little bit shirt Apart from…,I will love this coast of Maine. We had no family members in Maine, and neither one of us had been offered a job. That Maine is called “the Pine Tree State” motivated our decision to leave New York more than anything. Our main objective in replanting ourselves in a place with more trees than humans was so that we could live at a much slower tempo, an existence closer to off-the-grid than flashing billboards. We weren’t fleeing from anything; we were chasing isolation. I’d experienced deep trauma a couple years before and yearned for something I could proclaim “a fresh start.” I wanted my healing to begin surrounded by nature and away from people. We found a cheap rental and signed a lease. The island was only accessible by boat. It had wild deer, and there was a peach tree in our backyard. We just wanted to be alone. An island was ideal. We thought we were trailblazers. Back to the landers. Survivalists.
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