Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

A simple kids’ book, a classic written by Dr. Seuss was a graduation gift from my parents. The man behind the cat had it right…

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…”

— Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

WARNING: Lost Post — Mostly about how I became me.

I look back and see how my life developed and became what it is today. Choices I made that influenced events years later.

I have lived in 5 states, traveled across the country 7 times, visited 39 states, and been to 6 countries. However, in my head, that is not enough.

I crave more.

On my mom’s side, I have two uncles and one aunt. Each had 2–3 kids. (There were 6 of us that grew up around the same time, all within a 10 year age period). Every holiday after dinner, we would all gather in a 6x10 kitchen, with an oversized table that took up the entire room. Grandpa would set up the movie projector on one end of the table, the lights would go out and the fun began for us. We saw our parents as kids, our grandparents much younger than we ever knew them. Hours upon hours of noiseless family…