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Happy 2009!

So I realize we are now a week into 2009, and I am just finding time to write but the first week of ’09 has been busy I have been in three cities (St. Louis, Wichita Falls, and finally back home to Dallas). It is really good to be back in Dallas, don’t get me wrong I had a great time on my trips, but it is always nice to come back home – yes that means Dallas is my home! That kind of brings me to the point of this post and the first lesson of ’09. I realized somewhere in the first couple of days while in St. Louis that Dallas has officially become my home, and while I might not like it at times or desire to be somewhere else it is home and when I am honest with myself it is where I am suppose to be right now. I think it is the first time in my life that I only have one home, and I really like it. I am not saying I haven’t had a home, in fact I am saying the quite opposite I have had multiple homes – my mom’s, my dad’s, my grandparents, and where ever I was actually living at the time.

When I looked up the actual meaning of the word home, Webster’s told me: one’s place of residence, the social unit formed by people living together, a familiar or usual setting, and a place or origin. And for me Dallas is all those things and more. I came to this realization while I was in St. Louis and not that I didn’t enjoy my trip and enjoy spending time with Kate & Shawn because I did. It was very clear to me that I have a good group of friends here; I actually really like the city, I have a job here, and as much as I say I don’t like being known by people and I like to do it on my own – I actually do like being known by people, even though I fight it. But I only came to this realization after a conversation with Kate & Shawn and just listening to them talk about their life and friends in St. Louis that I realized how good I have it in Dallas. Not that Kate & Shawn don’t have friends and they honestly love their life in St. Louis, but it is not a life I could live. It was only after this conversation that I realized not only how good I have it, but that I don’t want to leave a good thing. All that to say for those of you who have heard me talk about wanting to move out of Dallas, that bug is gone for now. I might travel out of Dallas for a while may-be even a few weeks, but I will always come home.