Yep, the baby is also MUCH younger than the older two, so it's been really interesting adjusting to having a little one around again.
Your description of being around people and promoting yourself sounds exactly like the kind of things I go through. I had even tried my hand at streaming/content creation. I had a lot of fun with it, but you REALLY need to be your own promoter to start out, and I always felt like I was forcing a feeling I didn't really have. I may give that a try again sometime, but I'm just not always my own best advocate.
There are only a couple of people I keep in touch with from when I was a kid. Even those people aren't very close friends, but we know we can reach out if we want to. The two main ones I think of have both moved out of state, so we wouldn't be able to set up an on-the-spot lunch date or anything. My wife and I met and started dating when we were in high school, so that's one old relation that I keep a better connection with :-). Some of the best friends I've made in the last few years were internet friends, so I get what you mean about finding people like that as well!
As for the second picture, there is a pretty big river there, yes. That was from a family trip to the Smoky Mountains in North Carolina. I had been there as a teen, and I had always told my wife I wanted to bring her there. We finally got there for a vacation as a whole family a few years ago. My sons look so little in that photo compared to now, it's crazy.
I appreciate the long comment. It's nice to have actual conversations in comments instead of some of the 3-5 word messages you see sometimes!
Oh goodness! A few wow mentions here... you met your wife at school? That's wonderful! So lovely when those relationships grow so beautifully together. My hubby and I met at a local English pub in South Africa. Been together 27 years. Time flies! And your kids are much bigger now? How old are they now? And is your baby still a baby? hahaha I've heard of the Smokey Mountains but never been to North Carolina. I had a colleague who moved over to N. Carolina many years ago. His dad is American, his mom British. So he had dual citizenship. He ended up marrying an American woman and moving back to London at some point but I remember seeing his pics on FB and it always looked idyllic out there. If I recall correctly, Dawson's Creek was filmed in North Carolina too! I love the mountains. They are my happy place 🤗 Maybe I'll visit the Smokies one day too. I'd love to hike in the Colorado Rockies and the BlueRidge Mountains too! I've spent time in the Drakensberg Mountains, the Lake District in England, and in the Sierra Nevadas... all gorgeous.
👆THIS 💯% - Because... well... it's not that easy to connect with people 3-5 words at a time, right?! 😅
Connection in the comments is something I tried to do from my start on Hive. About two months in, I stumbled upon a community collaboration on Hive that was promoting connection through comments, and I joined in... that was pretty much the start of my journey with Dreemport... I've met some lovely people through the community and never looked back. When you find your tribe, where you belong; an online community that feels like family - in the best sense of the word lols... it makes it a joy to log on each day.
Catch you soon, Rob!
Yes, the baby's picture is about a week old. He'll be 8 months old in about 2 weeks. The two older boys are now 17 (or will be this coming Friday) and the other turned 15 in December. And yes, we have a BIG gap between our first two sons and the new one.