Casting Call Statement
Substantive editing and voice rewriting from an existing draft. Names have been changed for privacy.
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Hello, my name is Heather Davis. I am 57 years old. I am from Raleigh, NC. In November of 2024 I moved to Costa Rica. I lived in Santa Teresa for 3 months. Then I bought a house and moved to Cahuita, Costa Rica in February 2025. I have been living on the Caribbean side for 6 months!
I have 4 children. They are all grown(for the most part) and are figuring out their lives! I was almost 20 and single when I had my first daughter. Yep, just a baby myself. So there was no time for self discovery. My life consisted of going to college, working and taking care of my daughter. Years later I got marriage and had 3 more beautiful children. As a stay at home mom of 4 children my life was all about them. What they needed and what I could do to help them. Then after 18 years my marriage ended in divorce.
Going through the divorce I dug deep in my soul. I needed something for myself. I wanted to take risks, be scared, love life like never before.
A few years later, I met my boyfriend and we spent some time traveling to a few places we thought we might want to live(Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Key West and Dominican Republic). Costa Rica just spoke to me. It was the first place we went to and the only one I could not get out of my heart. I had fallen in love with this beautiful country.
There are many reasons I moved here. The main reason is:
IT IS MY TURN! My time to focus on me and my life. So I sold my 4 bedroom house in Wake Forest, NC. Donated, sold or tossed everything I owned. I hopped on a plane with 2 very large suitcases, my two Labradors and a lot of guts. I came her by myself because my boyfriend has not sold his house in the States yet. I have never be more uncomfortable in my entire life!
Now, I am learning Spanish, a new culture and a new country. Everything is different. You need an attorney to buy a used car! What? Everything has to be learned. It isn’t like what I am used to. I have to learn everything like it is the first time going through it. Because it is. It has been very hard but amazing at the same time.
Hi, my name is Heather Davis. I’m 57 years old, and I’d spent nearly half my life in Raleigh, North Carolina—that is, until I moved to Costa Rica in November 2024.
I’ve been a mom my entire adulthood. I was just a baby myself when I had my first at nineteen. Between going to college, working, and taking care of my daughter, there was no chance for self-discovery.
About a decade later, I got married and had three more beautiful children. My world centered around them. Everything I did, the way I spent my days, was all for them. Then, after 18 years, my marriage ended in divorce.
It was like meeting myself for the first time. I’d uncovered the free spirit in me, the woman who wanted to take risks, be fearless, and love life like never before.
A few years later, I met my boyfriend and partner in life. Together, we spent some time chasing waterfalls and walking the coastlines of Panama, Belize, and many other palm-lined beaches. We were searching for a place to settle down, a place to build a home.
Costa Rica won my heart. It was the first place we visited, and as we continued trekking around the world, it never left my mind, with its lazy sloths and pura vida spirit. I had fallen in love.
And so what did I do?
I moved to Costa Rica. It was my turn to live.
Back in North Carolina, I sold my four-bedroom house and rummaged through everything I’ve ever owned—donating and selling most of it. I hopped on a plane with two monstrous suitcases, two Labradors, and a lot of guts. Never in my life had I felt so uncomfortable.
I’ve been here in Costa Rica, in the house I bought on the Caribbean coast, for six months now. I’m in the (slow) process of learning Spanish, a new culture, and a new country. Everything is different. Apparently, you need an attorney to buy a used car?
My whole world has been born anew, and some days might be tough, but it’s the most alive I’ve ever felt.