Goodbye Utah...Hello Nashville
January 12th, 2014. Today. Today is the day. Today is the day that I have been dreaming about for my entire life. Today is the day that I start a new chapter in my life. Today... I move to Nashville. I have always wanted this to come. I just didn't know how soon it was going to be. I am 16 years old and I am lucky enough to pack up my whole life in the back of my mom's mini-van and start my journey! I have always loved road trips... Especially with my mom. Being able to drive down the road with the radio on, makes you feel like you have the whole world in your hands! It makes it feel like nothing can stop you! It makes you feel free. My mom and I always sing and dance the whole ride. This also brings us so much closer. We have unlimited amounts of time to talk and talk about anything on our minds. Although, I am a sucker for road trips...This one is going to be a hard one! Three whole days. Three. If you know me, you know that I am not one that can sit still for long...Even if I AM relaxed! My poor mom has to drive the whole time too considering that I can't! The time will pass so slow I am sure and we will have to find ways to entertain ourselves! I have my laptop all charged up to watch movies, burned mix cd's full of our favorite throwback country songs, and our glove box filled with chocolate covered cinnamon bears, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and some cold DIet Cokes in our cup holders (that sounds like a bad combination... But it is absolutely DELICIOUS)! With every mile that we drive, I will be thinking of everyone back at home that I am leaving behind to fulfill this dream of mine. I will miss everyone so much. I even think I will miss the snow, (even though I have never been a fan of it). With every mile, I will think of all the amazing support I have had from everyone back at home in Utah and how thankful I am for them. Without my friends and family being as supportive as they have been, this wouldn't be possible! I have never been as close to people as I have been blessed enough to be lately. Lucky for me, I got to be a real teenager for about a semester! I got to go to high school with all of my friends and learn and meet new people. I am now friends with people I never even knew... I am so lucky and so grateful for the new people that have been placed in my life. I got to go to my last Homecoming, dress up and feel pretty. I got to go to football games and participate in school activities. I got to be 16. But now its time to move on to what I have always wanted. As much as I am grateful for everything that Utah has given me... I am so excited for everything that I will gain in Nashville.
There is a quote I have always loved from the movie "Dear John" (Yes... I am another teenage girl who is absolutely enthralled with the romance that Nicholas Sparks creates). It is....
"You're gonna lose people in your life and realize that no matter how much time you spent with them or how much you appreciate them and told them so...It will never seem like it was enough. The problem with time is, it always runs out..."
Somebody asked me the other day that if I had known I was moving away any sooner, if I would have changed anything I have done in the past year. The answer is no. I have been through so many things in the past year that have shaped me and made me ready for a day like today. I have so many crazy, wonderful memories that I wouldn't trade at all. Yes, some of the nights I stayed home to watch NetFlix I might have changed... But every decision I made, every person I grew close with, every bump along the way that I was lucky enough to come across... THAT. That, I would never change.
With all of that being said... With every mile that I drive further away from Utah, is one mile closer to Nashville. One mile closer to the life I have always dreamed of living. One mile closer to getting to do what I want every single day of my life. One mile closer to home. Nashville is my new home. My life is about to change forever... And I couldn't be happier!
Until next time...