Dear Dave
I understand exactly how you feel. We started visiting The Villages six years ago, my Dad lives in Virginia Trace. We fell in love with this dynamic community. Fast forward, we finally sold our home in California, we are officially residents of The Villages. We move into our new home Jan 3. Husband and I visited The villages frequently even though we could not retire, but we continued to dream our dream of TV.
Bitter sweet news about the husband. A month before moving here, he was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. We saw the oncologist, told him we were moving to The Villages. The doc said you are moving to the right place, The Moffitt cancer center is where I get all my info, plus The Villages has an off site facility.
Even with the husbands diagnosis, we refuse to give up on our dream. I'm sitting up here in Tampa caring for the husband, grateful that we have chosen to live our dream. Our kid and grandkids are so okay. I ordered their Christmas gifts online and will Skype them later.
Tomorrow we will return to The Villages, play golf, dance, maybe slowly, talk to the many friendly people. But most of all, I can say to the husband and myself, we made a choice to live abundantly.
Please keep the husband in your thoughts and prayers, I really want this guy around for many more years. The guy is my best friend too.
