Today I say goodbye to my parents for the last time before their journey back to Miami. I will be on my own for the first time ever and I am consumed with all kinds of feelings. Anxiety, nervousness, excitement, fear, sadness, happiness, curiousity, awe……….I didn’t know it was humanly possible to possess all these emotions, simultaneously.
I often wish I had some type of crystal ball to see into the future and take a peek at what my life will be like. I remember five years ago when I left Miami and first arrived here I was miserable. All I wanted to know was what my life would be like in four years and where I would be. At that point, I had my stubborn mind set on going back no matter what. I would have never ever guessed that when the time arrived, the circumstances would have offered me the chance to go back, just like I had planned five years ago…and I would have turned it down. I am pretty confident with my decision to stay, but that doesn’t undo the knots that I have in my stomach from my odd combination of emotions.
