Strange how things happen

I have been reflecting on how my life has taken it course over the past year. As of July 31st I have been in AZ for a full year now. As of August 18th I will be at my job for a year. Since the time that I arrived in this land of sunlight, I have welcomed a grandson into this world. I also had the privilage to see my newest granddaughter over the beginning of the New Year. I do not get to be around my granddaughters because they live in WA which is a distance from me. Not that I am saying that I cannot go up and visit but during this first year I have had to some major recovery from my departure from OR.
In this past year I have said hellos to new friends, miss yous to old friends, hangin with both my boys, really getting to know and love with all my heart my daughter in law, playin with my precious grandson, having closure on a relationship from the past, and best of all a major surgery that corrected an issue that most women don't want in the first place....LOL!
I have been wanting so bad to move back to OR. I have been so homesick over this. I had outlined a plan for this. I have been wanting to get an ASL certification so that I could get a job with the state of Oregon and an intrepreter. Well, as I have been home recovering from the surgery I realized something and came to a conclusion. No matter that I would love to move back to OR, I have decided that my home is here in AZ because I cannot leave my little grandson. He would not have any grandma's living anywhere near him and most of all I would have such a void in my heart and life if I were to go. Now, my goal for the ASL is still on the table but I will seek a job here in AZ. The only way I would move is if I won the Powerball and I could move my family up to WA so that we could all be near each other. So, until that happens I will stay here and enjoy my time with my family that is here and just kiss and hug my little man as much as I can. I do plan on saving to make a couple trips up to WA to visit my daughter and her fam. I want my granddaughters to know who I am too.!