Goodbye California!
Today we fly to Maine with a one way ticket.
Goodbye land of golden hills and glistening blue waves. Goodbye land of season-less perfect temperatures.
Goodbye first home outside of the state of my birth. Goodbye to the state where I fell in love with my husband. Goodbye to the state where I gave birth to my first child.
Is it possible that we will live more than five miles away from the Pacific Ocean? Is it possible that we will wake up to snow falling outside our window? Is it possible to live in a land that does not have In-N-Out?
You've given us so much. Road trips through your hills. Moonlit bonfires on your beaches. Both countless calories and the beautiful weather in which to burn them off. You've given us the saints Barbara, Francisco, and Diego to show us hospitality and new ways of looking at community, church, and communion. You've given our family four degrees and maybe even more education in out-of-school contexts. You've given us a few years to be in driving distance of Manny's family and "Auntie Nina"/my sister Lauren.
And you've given us so many friends we are sad to have to say goodbye to.
Farewell ocean, farewell hills, farewell apartments.
It's been a glorious decade!
