Alas I write...

Hello and welcome to my blog....come on over and rock a while.
I'll be honest (that's a good start), I really don't know how to introduce myself, so perhaps I'll give you all a little background.

I am a country girl through and through. Although I started life in the city I moved to the country when I was 4 years old and have lived here ever since. For the longest time I hated living here, even from four years old. Schools around here weren't the same as the school I left, and no one seemed friendly. Elementry school holds my least favourite memories. When I started highschool my parents started talking about moving back to the city--- I was captivated with the idea of leaving this life behind and getting a new start with new friends and a different way of life. We never ended up moving while I was in highschool and I eventually had to re-adapt to the idea of finishing school here, with the hope of heading off to university and leaving this town for good. However, the years have gone by and my heart has changed, I have found that my journey here has been a formative basis of self-discovery. These walls have been witness to the joyful, rueful times I've gone through as a teenager and young-adult. Now when the topic of moving has come around, I don't want to give up life here for anything in the world.

However, the day will come when I will have to let go of my roots and break ground somewhere new---that day frightens me. I'm not ready to leave the comfort of the well-known behind, only to enter the unknown. God's working in my heart, and although I may never be prepared to leave, I know my leaving can only bring growth, maturity, and new perspective. I will learn to adapt---even though it may not be easy.

Within the next year I will finish my job at the gereatric care unit I work at and head back to school---where? you ask, well that I don't know yet. I have one of 2 choices so far. Regardless, I will pack up my belongings and say good-bye to my cozy country home forever. There are two thoughts that keep me motivated and somewhat optomistic: 1) The house: the next house is going to have an amazing kitchen---of that I'm sure---with a modern, yet country cozy atmosphere. 2) The people: moving will give me the oppurtunity to make great new friends, I don't know who they are or where they are, but they are there, waiting for friendship just as I will be there looking for friendship.

It was so nice sharing this with you. Stop by again soon. :)