The more time we spent with family in Texas last week, the more it felt like we had never left. Indeed, it's hard to believe that we've now lived in Seattle for more than two years. And, at times during our trip, it was hard to believe that we had lived in TX for the 24 years that we did.

Interestingly, I still knew things in TX really well. I keep up with the news for the most part and still know my way around the Metroplex really well. Texas is still my home, even if it just my home away from home.

Of course our families would love for us to move back to Fort Worth, or at least to somewhere within a few hours drive of them, and we're regularly peppered with questions about when or whether we'll return. I've given that a lot of thought, but still don't know how things will turn out.

We had our reasons for moving away in the first place, but of course when discussing important family issues like raising a family and things like that, there may be some reasons why we would consider moving back. But, while we do miss our families now, we are very happy with our lifestyle and have no plans to move back to TX. The bottom line is that we just don't know what will happen in the coming years as circumstances change. However, there are some significant reasons why it would be very difficult for us to ever move back to Texas, which I'll cover in a separate post.