The Adventure Begins

Hello, I'm Heather. I am newly married, 7 months pregnant, and in 8 days I am moving to Belgium to finally be with my husband.

I met G in Second Life last October. I was unhappily married at the time, and in fact left my then husband right around the same time. We talked almost daily, and in February 2009, we met face to face for the first time. He flew from Belgium to spend 9 days with me in Boston. Real life turned out to be even better than Second Life. I visited him in Belgium in June, and he visited me in Maine in July. Everything was going really well, and we were starting to talk about one or the other of us moving so we could be together.

And then the pregnancy test came back positive. Since that day in early August, our lives have been on fast forward. We are thrilled about the baby, but she was definitely unexpected. The last 7 months have passed in a blur as we have rushed to get our lives together in time to welcome our daughter to the world. We were married in October on Halloween. G found a new house for us to rent and has been working to get it ready for us. I've been working to get things tied up here and to prepare for the biggest move I have ever made.

The clock is ticking down. In 8 days, I will board a plane and will wake up the next day in a new country, ready to start my new life.

Let the adventure begin!