When I was back in D/FW last week, it almost seemed like I never left. Everything there was very familiar and rather uninteresting. Being there reminded me of why we left in the first place. While never leaving Texas would've been easy and normal, I am very happy with our decision to move to Seattle.

Driving around during our visit, I knew where every road went, was familiar with all of my surroundings, and didn't really miss any of it. I talk about the things I miss: family, friends, and food; but Fort Worth isn't on that list and neither is Dallas. While the cities have their advantages, along with the benefits of my friends and family, it's not enough to make me wish I stayed. Continuing to live in the same metropolitan area where both of us grew up and lived in would have been boring, routine, and tolerable at best.

However, Seattle fits our ideal lifestyle and interests better than any city in Texas does, by far, and moving here has offerend numerous benefits. Moving here has challenged us, the change of scenery has stimulated us, the things we've discovered here have been incredible, and our lives have been enriched significantly. There's no question that moving here has caused us to grow and mature like no other experience could.

It sucks that it's not as positive of an experience for everyone else as it has been for us, and it hasn't been without its sacrifices, but the great thing about being adults is that we can do what we believe is best and we believe it's been worth it. I won't comment on what the future might hold, but for now I must say that I'm very glad we decided to move. So far, it has proved to be a great decision and a highlight of our lives.