If it helps i can tell you my story.
My husband of 23 years, my kids Dad, was killed in a car crash - he saved my life by pulling onto the grass verge. My life changed - I had to learn new skills. I met my partner a year later and my life changed again, we moved home and bought a small croft. He grew vegetables and trained our gundogs for field trials and I went out to work to support us (he was made redundant soon after we moved there so my life changed again) He was killed in a mountain accident some years later, so my life changed again. I retired soon after and decided I couldn't stay in our house so sold it and built one next door - my life changed again. Then my kids wanted me to move nearer and I thought it better to do it while i was still young enough to make new friends - my life changed again. Each of these changes apart from the most recent has not been anticipated, however, I have made new friends, and none of these changes has done me any harm. They are all just chapters in a book. I am very happy to have made the change to move South for many reasons. Think about all your options and make a list of the pros and cons then decide but remember that life is always changing because of unforeseen circumstances. One thing I would say is that country life is an excellent way to bring up children.