Go west young fam?

The several years I lived in Dallas were quite an experience. I was torn from a high school with 90 people in my class (entire school = 250 people) and thrown into a high school where 90 people sat at each lunch table…reason #1 to hit the Taco Bell for lunch…by the time I graduated, no one even asked where me and my friends were at lunch time…we were off campus, it was not allowed, we did it anyway, they were over it. After high school I went to college...okay, so I enrolled in college…attended class kinda like I attended the lunch table in high school…college professors don’t get over it, I got bad grades…oops! While those grades cost me some tears and fears about furthering my education - I finally got serious about college (thanks to motherhood and a divorce) and am ever glad that things have worked out the way they have. I am a few (7) months away from finishing my master’s degree…official title: Nurse Practitioner, specialty: Women’s Health. While I cannot wait to live my lifelong dream…well kinda “lifelong”, I have a picture of me in a t-shirt when I was 3 that says, “When I grow up I want to be a nurse”…I am certain that I did not pick it out (nor the piggy tail hairdo) and I did most certainly entertain other options…doctor, dentist, elementary school teacher, but registered nurse it was…or actually…it IS. I love my job! I love my patients! I cannot wait until May. Back on track…back to Dallas…to go back or not to go back?!?! I love this small town life, I miss the big city. I miss the opportunities available in big cities; I love all the stars in the sky in Benton. I love living in a town where Greer can moo at the cows in the fields behind our house, I miss the big zoos, aquariums, and the parks. Jackson begs to move, Greer is clueless. Mark and I are both on the fence…often changing the direction in which we lean. Jackson’s treatment is 100% in Dallas, but I pray those visits will fade to few and far between. While the reasons to stay and the reasons to go keep me equally balanced on the tightrope; the ultimate decision will be based on what is best for my family in regard to health, education, career, and a peaceful life.

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