Moving to a new town is hard.  Let’s not sugar coat it.  We can skip over finding a house, moving in and getting the lights turned on.  What about the little things like where is the closest grocery store, who is a reputable dry cleaner, is it to late to get my child on a soccer team, just to name a few?

When I moved to Asheville, I had all of these questions.  My daughter was 4 months old and I had no idea how to fill my days in a new city.  One day while walking around Beaver lake with my parents, my mom said, “Emily, I am going to find you some friends”.  She knew I was struggling and lost.  Two young women were strolling together in the distance, my mom walked over to them and said, “My daughter is new to town and needs some friends.  Y’all look nice.”  Little did I know that my mother hit the jackpot.  One of the women happened to be a Realtor and gave me her card.  My husband and I were renting at the time and considering buying, so I gave her a call.  Fast forward 10 years and I now work with that Realtor at Asheville Realty Group, our daughters went to the same preschool and now elementary school and we live in the same neighborhood.

The moral of my story is that you never know how one new person will change the trajectory of your life.  My mom gave me the nudge to put myself out there and make new friends.   Thank goodness we were at the lake that day.  My Realtor showed me the basics of Asheville living and I couldn’t be happier.