‘And my life between the moon and New York City’
This is a story about how The Child almost didn’t come to be.
I had almost forgotten about her near miss with existence. But, just the other day, my memory was jogged by Her Childness herself when I asked, “Where are you now?”
See, The Child, as you well may know, has taken the concept of working remotely and sort of super-sized it. She and The Beau gave up their apartment, stored their stuff (mainly in my attic), bought an F350 with a BigFoot camper shell, and hit the road.
Trailer Hitch: Child and Beau a few months after the start of their trip — and a few weeks after their engagement
(If you can do it without going all green with pent-up-in-my-darned-house-for-almost-a-year envy you can read about some of their adventures in “Her Personal Truck” and “Deeds of Derring-Don’t.”)
Well. It turns out The Child is in San Francisco. When I heard this, my soul was suddenly filled with longing.
The Traveling Two entering the Golden Gate
I have previously regaled you with the story about how I got myself to New York. (It’s a pretty good yarn called “Take a Letter, Miss Henry.” A rubber chicken is involved.) But I failed to mention in this story that my other very-seriously-considered option was to move to San Francisco.