Hearts -- I am so happy to read this.
I think you hit on something important: As our sobriety deepens, it opens the door to letting us be our full selves. Your new neighbors are going to meet a woman coming into her own. And she's terrific!
And thank you for sharing your observations. From time to time, we see people posting that it gets depressing here. Well, it can. But for newcomers to see what a metamorphosis awaits them shows that there is a whole other dimension to this journey. We can, as you wrote, live in the 'freedoms I'm still discovering daily.' It is all possible!
Have a great time! (Oh, and about the crawfish. Dang -- love 'em. Could you teleport me to this picnic?!)
Thank you for being a good friend to so many here.