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I've felt like my time in this town since graduation has been on pause. Just waiting for things to kick into gear and my life to begin. We knew we weren't going to be here forever And at times I was bitter for the way things were going. Because as a little girl this was not how I had planned my life. I felt stuck and left behind in this tiny old town as we struggled through the years on only my income while Jeff worked his way through school. I know I wasn’t always sociable and at times I was withdrawn because I couldn’t afford to go out or I was poring over my books (doing a speed pace at my Masters determined to finish in less then 2ys) I grew weary of this little town and of the many surfacy relationships I had built and longed for the bosom friends and the relationships I had formed years previously in this same town while I was in college.
Now with exactly one week left before we move, I look back on all the memories and growing I have done since I moved here seven years ago to start college. My eyes well up with tears as I think about all the major milestones in my life that have happened in this little ‘ol town.

My first day of college pretending to be so independent and grown up
The little gazebo by the lake where Jeff proposed to me
My first home as a Mrs. Nelson
My first car
My first fight with pseudo tumor
My first career job
My first baby
My first house

Those are just to name a few but theses are keys point in my life that either brought my joy, challenge, or responsibility. But most importantly they changed me. And it all happened here.

Along the way we made some great friends and it’s going to be hard to tell them good bye. As ready as I thought I was to get out of this tiny town I will miss it tremendously.