Wind Down Wednesday 2019

Hey Family!!!  Boy have I missed you....Well a bunch has changed since I was last here.
Let's see...

So the "baby" turned 23 last year and I took him on a cruise to Cozumel in August.  Actually, there were 18 of us that went on the cruise and we had a BALL!!!!  We started the party in New Orleans that Saturday.  Partied until Monday when our cruise pulled off and let's just say it was a trip none of us will soon forget.  We celebrated a bunch of milestones:  Survival, Anniversaries, Birthdays and of course  Divorces ...LMAO 

When I returned from the cruise, I realized that I wasn't happy with Atlanta anymore....So I decided to move back to where I was happiest.  I packed and in 6 weeks...I was gone.  Yep I moved back to Maryland.  I post this on that Sunday night before I moved on Tuesday:

The one thing that is constant is change....

I moved to Atlanta the first time February, 1996. I moved here knowing one person and I was fresh out of the Navy with a 6 year old and a 6 month old. All I knew was that I had to make it for them. I have had some ups and downs in those 23 years, but Atlanta will always hold a special place in my heart. I had a bunch of milestones here:
I developed a personal relationship with Christ
I was baptized 
I went to college and got 2 degrees
I built my first house
I got married
My sons finished school
I got my first corporate job
I got divorced 😞
I lost my mother 😞
I wrote my first play 👩‍🎨
I fell back into acting, writing and directing
I found the career that I love.

I left in 2014 when I was promoted. I moved away until 2016. These last few years have been rough. I came back to Atlanta and regrouped. But it is not the Atlanta I fell in love with in 1996. Sometimes we come back to the place that last felt comfortable when life gets hard. Uncomfortable is good. It means growth. A few friends and relatives have passed unexpectedly the past 7 years. I know that 7 is the number for completion. My time in Atlanta is complete. This is my last weekend in Atlanta. But I’ll see you again.

UPDATE TO ADD:

Some of you have asked why I focused on the last seven years. Seven years ago October 28, 2011 my mother passed away from terminal cancer. My life as I knew it changed. I changed. I had to get to know the me I became. And now I have. I was who I was, I am who I am, and I am cool with both of them. 😘

I moved back to Maryland and I am dating a fabulous guy. 

 My heart is full.  My sons still live in Atlanta and so does my sister.  Life is good.