A One Year Assessment: Living in France
I just celebrated my 72nd birthday. I spent almost all of my 71st year living a new adventure in central southwest France -- "la France profonde." I'm leaving tomorrow (10/14/18) for a two-week visit to the States, which will include my one-year mark of living here, so it seems like a good time to take stock. I'll be coming back to my home here in beautiful Argenton-sur-Creuse, but that almost didn't happen. I spent all of May 2018 in the U.S because of unexpected eye surgery and thought about throwing in the towel on this adventure, but I persisted. Then once I returned, personal issues -- exacerbated by various events -- slid me downward until I was sure once again I was going to return to the States. I reached out to many close friends (and I know how fortunate I am to have them) and they all -- to a person! -- said exactly the same thing: Stay. You haven't given it enough time. Don't be so impatient. Stop having such unreasonab