For months, I could not accept that I was leaving. I would say the words, but it never seemed real. I had spent all of my childhood in the same house in New Jersey, surrounded by friends, family, warm summers and cold winters. Texas? Did I actually think I could move there, just me?  Recently a friend of mine asked me how I knew that I could move away.  I sat there speechless. I admitted that I never really thought about whether I could or couldn’t. Coming out of school with a job offer was such a relief, it hadn’t occurred to me to ever say no. Looking back, I wonder if a subconscious part of me knew […]