Confessions of a Torn Heart

I am moving back home to Florida in December and I kind of feel like a porcelain doll being pulled both ways. I love it here in North Carolina, but I also love it in Florida. I feel torn and have mixed feelings about the whole thing, but I am trying to resolve myself to the fact that yes I am moving back home and I need to come to grips with it. While I will miss my school, my job, my church and some of the people up here.... I really do love Florida. I have decided to start focusing on the positives of moving back home...starting with making a list of what I love about Florida.  So here goes:

1) My family is there and ,to me, family is very important.
2) Midway Baptist Church- the place where I grew up and got saved.
3) I have some friends that are dear to my heart in Florida.
4) The Beach- a special sanctuary for my soul
5) Tropical Smoothie ( I have not seen one up here)
6) My favorite restaurant of all time- Magnolia Grill is back at home in Florida
7) Wearing flip flops every season of the year ( I do that here and I get some weird looks!)
8) Wearing Sundresses a lot more than up here
9) My dog is at home in Florida and I miss him so much.
10) Small town feel back at home and yet can go to the "city" if I so desire
11) The Beach- the waves, the white sugar sand, and the creatures
12) Vinnie R's (another one of my favorite restaurants that is local)
13) My church family
14) I almost always will run into someone I know back at home
15) Bealls and Bealls Outlet. They don't have those up here.
16) A real TJ Maxx not too far away
17) AC Moore not too far away
18) Some of the most beautiful sunsets
19) Great thrift store shopping
20) Did I mention the beach?!

Those are some of the reasons why I love Florida and my hometown. I hope to be able to keep focusing on these positives instead of sulking about everything I will be leaving behind in North Carolina. North Carolina, you will not be forgotten with your hills, Fall foliage, mountains, and people...but Florida I will return to you with open arms and an open heart.