Monadnock Ledger-Transcript – View from the River: Stephanie Latini – Resources can help meet needs

Almost five years ago, I packed up my two small children and my Pennsylvania home of a decade, and trekked up to start a new life in Peterborough.

A writer and educator originally from New Jersey, never having lived in New England, I felt like a fish out of water, and I knew not a soul in town. Like any major transition, this experience was wrought with excitement but also anxiety, fear and grief. Now, five years later, I have a wonderful community of neighbors, coworkers and friends. My children and I feel at home and at peace.

The joyful work I do at The River Center is inspired and informed by my own family’s journey, but achieving this level of comfort in my town and in myself was a long process of radical self-care. I am not talking about bubble baths and spa days; genuine…