Who says you can't go home?

http://music.vidnet.com/player/23065/bon_jovi_who_says_you_cant_go_home_56.php

This song truly hit me today as I drove back to Abilene, the place I called home for almost 10 years. One day after my one year anniversary at my new job in a new city.

Driving through town seemed so surreal. I of course knew the roads by heart, but things looked different. There has been lots of new businesses built and restuarants opened. The crazyiest things was going to visit the folks at my old job.

I went to college and then got a job for the college I graduated with. I worked there for almost 5 years and last year I got a job at another college. Seeing my old coworkers was great. I miss them dearly. I felt like if I wanted to, I could have walked into my old office and pick-up where I left off a year ago. Everyone was kind of as stunned as me when we realized it had been one year since I had left.

Very bittersweet, I knew it was time to move on. We are super happy with our lives now, but I do miss those folks and they will always hold a special place in my heart. They were my family for almost 10 years and they helped to shape me into the person I am today. I will be forever grateful to those folks.