In 2024 our middle daughter, Lily Rose, got married. Soon after, we went to France. Then right before Christmas we went back to France, and a month later, I’m still here. What am I doing here in France? A question of purpose… Just this week I remembered a post-it note I wrote and put next to the refrigerator a year or so ago. “By 2029 we will live in or near Paris for 1-3 months.” Wish fulfillment? I’ve built a few friendships with French women over the past few years and one of them offered me her apartment in Paris since she lives with her boyfriend, so the opportunity presented itself (more later on building community in France) I’ve been in France for a month and probably won’t return home to Camas, WA for another three weeks because, pourquois pas? Why not? as the French are fond of throwing in…
