Things in River Dog seem to be going real well. We recently passed the one year anniversary of our border crossing. That was a milestone of some sort and I finally feel somewhat settled in this new arena. Somewhat.My wife has made a few inroads with "real people" or people outside the middle class, system-living norm. I'll need to report on some of our relationships with our new friends at a later entry.
One of the things that kept us from jumping up and down about being in Canada was the close proximity to my wife's family. Yes, we live in the same town as two of her cousins and their families. But I primarily mean her parents in The Big City about three hours away. And by that I primarily mean her mom.
My mother-in-law has always acted threatened that we don't live by the system of this world. We don't have real careers, we don't have pension programs set up, we don't have health care programs set up (other than what Canada already doles out).
I guess right now my wife is a little discouraged by a phone conversation with her mother today. Funny how her mother never brings this stuff up with me. Probably because she knows better.
I'm sure there's nothing wrong or sinful by living with those systems. But for our life, we have never felt right about them to date. And the Creator has continued to care for us. So it goes.
Thank you god.
