Big Life Changes Coming.

I have big news, and since I know only a handful of people know this blog site, I can spill the beans here.
We are moving again, probably not a big surprise, since we seem to do this a lot. Let's face it, practice is not going so well here in Greenville, where people would rather go to church and pray rather than be proactive about their health. Doug hasn't got too many skirt-wearing bible-thumpers in his practice, and that is the majority of the people around here in the buckle of the Bible belt. If we were on a different coast, it would probably be a different story. He got offered an amazing job opportunity and a Chiropractic politics opportunity. So, in about a month to two months we will be moving to Lisbon, Portugal to pursue our dreams abroad. Call it a Chiropractic Mission trip if you will. A mission to keep Chiropractic philosphically based in Portugal. This country has about 10 million people and only 20 Chiropractors. To put this in perspective, Greenville has around 200 Chiropractors and about 500,000 people. They are severely understaffed and Chiropractic is in high demand. The Chiropractors there need help to keep Chiropractic straight. Right now Chiropractic is legal there, but not regulated, and Doug will be part of the group that is working to keep Chiropractic what it should be and not allowing hacks to come over.
It is all very exciting. Our friends that we have told have all been so thrilled for us, family...well....that is a different story. Doug's Mom reacted, as we knew she would, and we haven't told his Dad, but we know what his response will be. My Grandma and aunt were concerned, but seemingly accepting since we told them that we "may be back in a few years." My sister seems happy for us, but sad we will be so far. Doug's brother was skeptical, but he always is. Doug's Mom was the hardest to deal with, but I think she is coming to terms with it. At first she just reacted and got angry that we would even think about it, and then she started asking a lot of questions, and by the end of the trip there, she was a little nicer to us. Although I don't know if she is just trying to ignore it, and hope it was all a bad dream or not.
The way we see things, we have been going to where opportunity lies. It hasn't worked out so far, so we need to keep looking and going to where our heart tells us is opportunity. We have wanted to move overseas since we heard how great it was to practice over there, pre-children. Then, life gave us children, and we felt obligated to stay for the family. I think the Universe has been holding us back from everything working out because we were supposed to follow our dreams from the beginning, and not settle like we have tried numerous times. So, Portugal, Here we come!!!!