Last weekend I bought this sticker for my water bottle.
I love Washington. I do. I truly do. It feels like home and I couldn't be more thrilled to live in a place that feels like home through and through.
I thought back to what made me choose Washington as my new home, and I think it was just the "feel" of it. The summer of 2003 was magical for me, and Washington swept me off my feet. And then when the summer of 2005 came around the corner life happened; and eventually a 6'5" handsome man swept me off my feet once again and in 2006 I made Washington my home; that's the short of it. The long of it however, is I just needed a change of pace. I needed to make it on my own to prove it to myself and to find my place in life.
Last night I sat down across the table from another young girl named Abby. She is 19 (nearly 20) and is on the brink of making a change in her life to find her place. She has chosen Texas. I see that same glimmer of scared, excited and hopeful in her eye, that I felt in my heart when I moved to Washington. She was a youth of mine when I first started working with kids here in Washington and she is a real blessing in our lives. We will miss her, but we are so excited for her future... even if it means living in the heart of Texas. This will be the SECOND young girl we've said a bon voyage to Texas in the past two years... I hope this isn't a trend we're developing... Texas is so far away!I don't think EVERYONE NEEDS to leave home, but I think some people do. Dorothy Gale said "there's no place like home" and she's right... but she forgets to mention how awesome Munchkin Land was while she was there. You can always come home Abby, but you can also always make a new home for yourself. Good luck little lady!
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