Ronni
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- Location
- Nashville TN
For a few years now over New Years Ron and I have gone away, to a lovely Airbnb in the country, called Tuscany Inn Tennessee that also serves a small selection of amazing Italian food. I’ve posted about it here before. We’ve become friends with the owners Estie and Tammy, and have enjoyed spending New Year’s Eve and the next couple days with them and several other friends.
I didn’t want to go this year so soon after Devin’s death, but it’s Ron’s favorite place to be, and I’ve always enjoyed it too, so we’ll go. Also he’s badly in need of some downtime. He’s been doing double duty, first at work and then at home, picking up the vast majority of the slack here because I’ve been barely functional, and he richly deserves this couple days away. He can’t wait to soak in the hot tub, eat their delicious food (he loves Italian) and sit on the porch overlooking the valley, wrapped in a blanket and sipping hot chocolate.
I’m viewing it as the first really “normal” thing I’ve done since Devin’s passing, which will hopefully set the tone for the new year and allow me to begin re-integrating into life, not as I’ve always known it, but as something different.
Of course nothing will ever be normal again, life will never be the same, but this new year’s getaway will hopefully mark the first shaky steps I take as I adjust to this impossible new reality.
I didn’t want to go this year so soon after Devin’s death, but it’s Ron’s favorite place to be, and I’ve always enjoyed it too, so we’ll go. Also he’s badly in need of some downtime. He’s been doing double duty, first at work and then at home, picking up the vast majority of the slack here because I’ve been barely functional, and he richly deserves this couple days away. He can’t wait to soak in the hot tub, eat their delicious food (he loves Italian) and sit on the porch overlooking the valley, wrapped in a blanket and sipping hot chocolate.
I’m viewing it as the first really “normal” thing I’ve done since Devin’s passing, which will hopefully set the tone for the new year and allow me to begin re-integrating into life, not as I’ve always known it, but as something different.
Of course nothing will ever be normal again, life will never be the same, but this new year’s getaway will hopefully mark the first shaky steps I take as I adjust to this impossible new reality.
HAPPY NEW YEAR RONNI
