A choice, and a move to Nova Scotia

Who among us doesn’t have at least one unlived life? You know the kind I mean – the life you would have had if only you had made a different decision. Perhaps it was a move to a far-flung country, leaving behind an entirely different future. Or maybe it was a move you didn’t make, staying put out of fear. A job you didn’t take. Or a job you didn’t quit when you had the chance. A lover you decided not to marry. Or a troublesome spouse you didn’t leave.

Which brings me to the summer of 2022, when my husband, Mark, and I set off from our house in Toronto with no idea that, when we would return just after Labour Day, a SOLD sign would be planted on our front garden. We would see a beautiful spot and think, “Could we live here?” And then off we’d cavort in our heads. Real estate is the seat of dreams, after all. It is within the walls of a house that we play out the fantasies of how we will feel, whom we might become, the friends we will have, the family members who will visit, the next chapter of life we will write. It’s a movie set of the mind.Open this photo in gallery:And we were vulnerable to dreams.

In the past, when we’d seen a house we liked, we would fantasize for a few hours, for a day or more, but then reality would kick in, and we’d see why it wouldn’t make sense. Too far. Too expensive. Too small. Too big. Too much money-pit potential. Mark and I knew that if we didn’t do something about trying to own it, the house would have resided in our Regret File as an Unlived Life.

“Those who dare, win,” Mark said as I wrestled with the decision. We raked over the ramifications with a fine-tooth comb.

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