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The middle of nowhere or just...

Isolating - It's an interesting word that I'd never thought much about until I stumbled across while doing the 'scroll to the end of facebook' thing one evening last week. It's a word that keeps popping into my mind as it's something that I've struggled to articulate the past few months. This season of my life is kind of hard. It's something I've lamented since moving to the 'burbs last summer. I expected the weekly dinners, random Tuesday happy hours, and 'we're just down the street so join us...' to slow. What surprised me was the outright change of some of those perceived close friendships into something more casual. I've also found that it's more than location that can cause you to feel isolated. This pregnancy has also been very isolating. I've lost touch with friends and what appears to be the main issue, is simply that we're at different stages in life. I don't feel like I'm a different person, altho