It was a quiet Saturday morning in the suburbs. Samantha had just woken up from her slumber and was marvelling at the sunshine hitting the daisies in her garden. It was a beautiful day and she felt a sense of calmness wash over her as she watched her beloved pet cat Juniper playing with the tassels on the curtain.
Samantha was thirty-eight, a former corporate lawyer who once built her life in the restless heart of New York City. After her divorce had unraveled everything she had worked so hard to build, the skyscrapers and crowded streets had begun to suffocate her. She had needed escape—something quieter, smaller, real.