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Sharing makes me happy

4/17/2014

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It is already more than half a year ago that my husband and I moved to Reunion Island. We have a beautiful house with a swimming pool surrounded by palm trees and lots of flowers.
Yes, a little paradise. But I like it most when I have visitors. They bring joyful voices in my days and in the sharing I suddenly discover the beauty of my new home.
They bring me pleasures even before they arrived.
I never really like shopping, but it is much more fun buying all the things you think they might like or should have tried. I don't have to restrict myself to what the two of us should eat and for once the fridge is really full.
I don't have a housekeeper and cleaning is a boring job. But when it means preparing the bedrooms for visitors, I suddenly find myself singing while getting everything ready. Even a bit of painting is not too much effort.
Driving around was in the beginning a real challenge, eventhough the island is very small (40 by 60 km) the mountains and the steep roads make every journey an adventure. The first couple of months I sometimes didn't leave the house for a whole week. Now I drive my visitors around and discover the beautiful places together with them. The pleasure is in the sharing.... 

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    Leen Maes is creating this blog.
    ​I became an expat at the beginning of the 21st century, trailing spouse, mother of three, currently living in Leuven, Belgium. Passionate about community building, parenting, education, public speaking, storytelling, arts and crafts, life-long learner.

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