There’s probably some alternate timeline where I lived out my entire childhood in Philly, and maybe even stuck around after that. I love Philly, and it’s easy to get curious about what that would’ve been like. It’s an impossible hypothetical, though.
I love the life that unfolded in California and the people I get to share it with.
It’s like the movie Past Lives, minus the preschool playmate who becomes a lifelong what-if.
“It’s true that if you leave, you lose things. But you also gain things, too.”
I don’t easily embrace limitations, but part of getting older and growing creatively lets you see limits as a catalyst for something good.