A Re-telling of an Old Fable

There was once a husband named Ted who lived in a small cottage in a small town in Maine. Ted lived with his wife Leslie, his three young children, two large golden retrievers, a cat, a bunny and a bearded dragon. Ted thought his house was very small. He complained to his wife. She just smiled and continued her chores. A month went by and Ted decided to try talking to his wife again about the size of their house. This time she smiled and said , “It’s not small honey, you’re just used to a bigger house.” Ted knew that his wife was very wise, so he smiled too and went on his way. But after a month, he told his wife, “This house is really very small. There are kids and animals all over the place. What are we going to do ?” So wise woman Leslie smiled and told Ted that she would solve the problem. So they took their Three Kids and Five Pets in a RV and traveled the country. After the first week Ted said to Leslie,” I don’t understand. This is even worse than our house. I can’t move. There are kids and pets everywhere.” He continued coming to Leslie every week for two months and telling her that this didn’t solve the problem at all. So wise woman Leslie smiled and said that he was right and it was time to go home. They arrived at their cottage. Ted walked in and exclaimed,”I don’t remember our house being so big.”He walked around to all of the rooms. Where was everyone? The kids were in their own rooms, the bunny and the bearded dragon were downstairs, the cat was hiding, and the dogs were stretched out in their beds. There was no one in his way, he didn’t have to wait for the bathroom, and he could get into bed just by walking around the side of it. He sighed contentedly, their house was the perfect size.

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
- Marcel Proust

Thank you to everyone who followed us on our journey!  We hope you enjoyed the blog.  We enjoyed sharing our trip with everyone.  We hope we can do it again, but probably not right away.  After 7, 912 miles, we're going to give the camper, (and it's driver), a well deserved rest.