Operation Relocation

#OperationRelocation


If you follow me on twitter you already know what the above hashtag is about. Despite the fact that Charlotte has been my home for over 20 years (by the way I'm only 22 *wink wink*), I am homesick. I'm originally from Brooklyn, NY and moved down here with my grandparents in 1989. Both of my grandparents have since passed and other than my son I don't have any family here. Home is where the heart is, and my heart is with my family but I have to be honest moving back to NY is a pseudo desire. I just want to spend time with my family, I don't really want to raise my child there, live in an overpriced apartment in a high rise building, deal with alternate side of the street parking M-F, or ride public transportation because the cost of parking in the city is sky high. Nope, I just really want to spend time with my loved ones regularly... more than once or twice a year.

When my grandmother was alive, she would throw these huge dinners at her house just because she wanted to see her family. When we moved down to Charlotte, she kept up the tradition and so there was always someone visiting from Up Top. "I miss you" was all the reason she needed to gather with loved ones. Since her passing, I feel so lonely. I miss the sense of family that she created. My family isn't perfect but they are mine. I love them and I miss them. I haven't seen my Dad and his family in 3 years; my younger brother since February and a host of cousins, aunts, uncles since God knows. So there you have it. I'm willing to turn mine and Jax's life upside down just to be able to get in a car, ride a train or a bus for a short ride and spend time with those who mean the most to me while we still have breath in our bodies to do so.