12 Years

Twelve years ago today I loaded up my family, then just myself and my two beloved black kitties, and my most important worldly possessions into my little car and headed north to Dallas.  I had no job and no apartment, just my friend Dori and her sofa and my other girlfriends (I did have several job leads and had been on quite a few interviews)  All my other belongings stayed in College Station in storage and the girls and I moved in with Dori for the next 6 weeks. 
Within a week I had a temp job and in two weeks had started my permanent job at Kimball.  After six weeks, Dori and I moved into our fabulous duplex and I retrieved everything from storage.
Today I packed the kids into the car and we headed south to Dallas to go to North Park mall for storytime and lunch.  North Park is, by far, my favorite mall and as I drove into Dallas and neared the mall, I still felt like I was driving home.  Over the last two years I have grown to love Frisco, but nothing will ever feel like Dallas.  I don't think that I knew how much I would love it there.
It's been a great twelve years and I have tons of great memories. I have made tons of new friends, met the love of my life and had three beautiful children. I've had to give up my little black car, but still have one of my sweet little kitties. Time really does fly. I still remember standing outside Kristin and my apartment on Dartmouth like it was yesterday. I left around 8:00 and got to Dallas around 11:00 because I had nothing to do the next day. I can't wait to see what the next twelve years will bring.