Welcome to
Transplants
One of the most
beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.
Lucius Annaeus
Seneca
Our Mission-
Our goal is to provide a group where women new to
Lancaster County can make connections and flourish.
My Story-
I went for a pedicure and discovered that the kind lady
providing the service moved to Lititz about 5 years ago. I told her I also
moved to Ephrata 5 years ago and asked her how she was coping. She began to
eloquently speak of her heart aches and frustrations at trying to form
friendships. I instantly realized we had a connection only transplants could
understand. I left her with teary eyes and a new idea to create a group where
transplants could meet, learn about what this area has to offer and have the opportunity
to make friendships with others who have the same unique needs. She said she
was surviving but not thriving. I’m hoping our group, Transplants, can help
change that for many women.
My goal is for us to meet for a weekly activity. In the
fall the Ephrata Library will open a room for us to meet twice a week and
advertise our group.
Discussion-
How to make
friends after moving -The Social
Success Method (The Relocation Success
System) Heather Markle
Great Expectations-
One of the common mistakes people make when moving to a
new area is having very specific expectations of how things will work out and
what their life will be like. Unfortunately, most of the time things don’t work
out as expected. Unmet expectations -through no fault of your own- are a
leading cause of why people end up disappointed with a relocation experience.
List of expectations-
1.
If you assess the deeper needs underlying your expectations, you can allow yourself to create different ways of meeting them. Next week we will discuss a few of our unmet expectations and the deeper needs they are based on. New creative ways of making connections are so welcome!!!
‘What! You too? I thought I was the
only one.’-C.S. Lewis
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