Showing posts with label moving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moving. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Moving on.




“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You
can steer yourself any direction you choose.” — Dr. Seuss

I can feel it in my gut. I've felt it for a long time. Our time in this house, this town even- is expiring.

I love big life changes. New job, new house, new interests... it's exciting.

I moved around a lot when I was growing up. My parents divorced when I was young and my mother remarried several times and almost every time she remarried or dated someone we moved and I had to start a life all over again. New school, new friends, new family dynamic. It's the truth- the way it was. I did not grow up in the same house my whole childhood and I don't have lifelong friends. People kind of come and go in my life and it's just something I am used to. I don't live near my family, but we visit often and work to nurture those relationships.

I often wonder if I had grown up in one house, would I be different. Would I not feel the need to move on.... If I had roots, would I - could I stay?

I certainly feel the voids. I wish I had people I could call on when I needed help. A sick child to help with, to send a meal when times are tough, to watch the boys while I run to the store. I wish I had a sense of community, surrounded by like minded souls.

I've been in this town for 10 years. Wow.

10 years.

This is not the town for me, or my family... I long to be somewhere else. Out of state. The world is full of places far more interesting than this. Life is too short to stay in one place.

Soon.