The joy of a better lifestyle and pay dwindles, when I see my wife’s morose face in the evening. She is taking time in adopting a new lifestyle, without the domestic help we were accustomed to in India, and uncomfortably low temperatures.
I try to cheer her up in the morning, “Sunrise looks beautiful , without the grey cover of pollution on our eyes.”
“The sun rises at a different time.
“Your body rhythm will get attuned in a few days.”
“But not my mental rhythm… The people I love and interact with keep different hours.”
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We have moved too much in our 41 years of marriage. Too many houses, too many churches, too many cars, and on and on and on. Good post. Very reflective.
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Let’s hope she doesn’t just adapt, but thrives.
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She will.
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I hope the people she meets will eventually make her new country feel like home.
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Eventually, people do settle down. I have met a few who say their place of birth seems ‘foreign’ to them now.
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A profound piece.
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Thank you, Lisa!
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The sad reality of pulling up roots. It’s hard to get those roots re-established.
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Roots exert such strong pulls, even when the tree above changes garb and yields fruit several times over.
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Some people are better adapting to change. And there are some people who are never able to adapt completely. Sad for the husband that he cannot fully enjoy the new possibilities and potential in the new place while his wife is having difficulty getting used to such big changes. A challenge personally for the wife, a challenge surely for them as a couple.
Good Six.
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Having traveled a little, I can relate to the difficultly of settling into different time zones. We get so accustomed to what is “usual” for us, that change sometimes takes a while, both physically and mentally.
Having to adopt to not having domestic help must be very difficult after having had it as the norm.
Thought provoking SSS.
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Thank you so much!
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I’m with the others, to suggest (and thereby encouraging the Reader to consider) that missing people can be exacerbated by physical separation, above and beyond accounting for their absence. The people that are being missed (in your Six) are in a different time!
Thought-provoking Six
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Thank you so much, Clark!
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Quite profound, the idea that the connections with the people you love are so strong, you feel unable to function by a different clock. There is a strong feeling of being cut off, when you live half a world away.
I also love the idea that pollution is a grey cover over our eyes, like pulling up a blanket or a veil. I hope she soon finds her rhythm.
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Thanks for the deep reading!
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I still find it hard to understand the differing time zones, Your story has got me thinking, well done.
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That’s a profound reflection, Reena. I’ve noticed it with my daughter living abroad.
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It happens. 😊 Thanks!
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