In theee weeks I am moving to Phoenix. We have lived in Southern California, ornate county, Dana point for 9 years. I will miss it.
Leaving California feels different. When we left utah 9 years ago it ripped my soul apart. We put down roots in utah, the greatest experiences of my life, the deepest relationships were in utah. Even leaving California now and moving to Arizona I put it in context of what it means to have another degree of separation from utah.
I think I am in a better place. I am feeling a little more Phoenix than Orange County right now. I have nothing bad to say about Dana Point. but even have 9 years it feels like we barely just got here. That I have been more or less on vacation for nine years. Hell we have been in a month to month rental agreement for the vast majority of time.
I remember writing a goodbye letter to utah when we sold our house. I wonder if I can find it.? I never shared it with anyone. I remember sitting in our house in centerville alone before it sold, typing the letter and bawling my eyes out. Utah felt like an unrequited love. That the state could never love me as much as I loved it. California feels like a casual relationship that has run its course and now we are saying thanks for the good times and wishing each other well.
Phoenix and Arizona feel like a blank canvass. I have no conceptions of either. I have flown through the airport, visited friends there, worked in different parts of Arizona and spent time in the Navajo nation as part of seminary. Phoenix is the great wide open. Tom petty.
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