move back to the south

After I graduated high school my parents moved from the south to the Pacific Northwest. I went with them and finished college here, married, had children, and remained stuck. Although the scenery is beautiful I have never been happy with the climate, the economy, the snobbish attitude, or the fast pace of this area. I miss the southern lifestyle terribly, but all of my family is here now. If it were just me I would move without hesitation, but I have my children to consider. I do want them to experience more than one area and way of life, but they have really dug in their heels about moving out of state. Even my extended family feels wistful for the south but one of the issues in the PNW is that once you get here you get stuck here. The economy drains you and you begin to feel trapped. I am biding my time, but someday I will just pull up stakes and go.

When I moved away, I liked it at first. I began to get homesick like crazy. I missed my family, my friends, my home town (Nashville, Tennessee). I made arrangements to move back home later on, had to quit my job (that was good!), sell a lot of my things (too far a drive from l.a.). Here I am, back home. And you know what? I think I just romantized (sp) it, the grass is always greener.

I’ve been living in Chicago for 5 years with my husband and the longer I am here, the more homesick for the ways of the south I become. The longer I am away the more I realize that south is where I belong.

UPDATE… January is fast approaching!!! Georgia here I come!