Christina and Bryson left Houston, Texas for Mérida, Yucatán, with four children. They are six months in. This episode of The Hive follows their story with hosts Eric and Nicole Hatch, from the planning stage in Houston to daily life in Mérida as a family of six.

They get specific in a way most people do not. What does a month actually cost for a family of six in Mérida? What did they do about schools and childcare? How did they handle the logistics of moving four children to a country they had never lived in? And how did they finally commit after years of planning?

Christina and Bryson talk about setting a hard deadline, building a structured research plan to manage anxiety, and what it felt like to arrive. They talk about safety, the slower pace of daily life, and the moment they realized they could walk at night with their children without thinking twice.

They also talk about what Mérida did for their marriage. When the daily stress of Houston was removed, something shifted. They describe it as connection they did not know they had been missing.

If you are a Black family weighing a move to Mexico and wondering whether it is actually possible with children, what would it mean to hear it straight from someone who did it with four?

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