Since I was very young, I knew I wanted to go out of state for college. I ended up in North Carolina, 1100 miles away from Houston, my home town.
I don’t regret it at all. I didn’t know a soul in the entire state, and I knew the experience would force me to be independent and strong. That said, it was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I cried and cried and cried the first few weeks of my freshman year.
It’s still hard being far away, especially when someone in my family is sick and I know I can’t do a damn thing about it from all the way over here. Also I don’t keep in touch with everyone as much as I should. But if I had it to do all over again, I would.
