"I left my heart in Oregon"
The very last of our things have finally been unpacked. Our pictures and clock have been sitting in a box and we finally hung them up! Throwing that last box away really made this move feel "finished". Everything now has a place. We also finally put my new Oregon license plates on the car. With all of this done, I have been missing Virginia a lot. I miss our apartment and our old furniture. I miss my friends and the wonderful families I worked for. I miss recognizing the majority of the faces at church on Sunday morning. I miss my favorite restaurants and grocery stores.
But I also have been loving Oregon even more than I expected to! As fall has begun to creep it's way in here in Eugene I have fallen in love with Oregon. The weather is perfect and it just feels so much more like fall than fall did in Virginia. I know that sounds crazy but it's true!
I also never thought I would live so close to the coast. The Oregon coast has always been one of my favorite places (possibly my most favorite). The whole coast is so beautiful and I definitely think everyone should see it at some point in life! We are just a little over an hour from Florence which is one of the less touristy towns along the coast.
The biggest blessing of being in Eugene is being closer to our family. I am so thankful I was able to be there for the birth of my baby nephew! It has been so good to be able to hop in the car whenever I want to go visit. It feels like I have seen my family more in my two months of living here than I did in my whole four years in Virginia. That may not be true, but it feels that way and I love it.
Everyone has been so friendly here and I have met some really great people. I am already running into familiar faces while I am out running errands. I have also met an amazing family that I am really looking forward to working for! As a nanny it is really hard to leave a family when you have grown so attached to the kids and it always feels like you will never love the next kids as much but you do. My heart just keeps growing with every little one that I get to nanny!
Although I still feel like a "newbie" in Eugene, I feel such comfort here. I was born in the Northwest and while I am so thankful for my time on the East coast, I know this is where I am meant to be! A little piece of my heart will always be in Virginia though. It is where Josh and I spent our newlywed years and where we both had our first apartment. We also made such good friends there that I will always have love for! Virginia will always be our "first home" and nothing can ever take that away.
There is a Mat Kearney song that I have shared before that has kind of been the theme song of our move. Although I have never technically lived in Oregon, this move was like coming home for me because the Northwest is so familiar to me.
But I also have been loving Oregon even more than I expected to! As fall has begun to creep it's way in here in Eugene I have fallen in love with Oregon. The weather is perfect and it just feels so much more like fall than fall did in Virginia. I know that sounds crazy but it's true!
The biggest blessing of being in Eugene is being closer to our family. I am so thankful I was able to be there for the birth of my baby nephew! It has been so good to be able to hop in the car whenever I want to go visit. It feels like I have seen my family more in my two months of living here than I did in my whole four years in Virginia. That may not be true, but it feels that way and I love it.
Although I still feel like a "newbie" in Eugene, I feel such comfort here. I was born in the Northwest and while I am so thankful for my time on the East coast, I know this is where I am meant to be! A little piece of my heart will always be in Virginia though. It is where Josh and I spent our newlywed years and where we both had our first apartment. We also made such good friends there that I will always have love for! Virginia will always be our "first home" and nothing can ever take that away.
There is a Mat Kearney song that I have shared before that has kind of been the theme song of our move. Although I have never technically lived in Oregon, this move was like coming home for me because the Northwest is so familiar to me.
"I'm coming home to the place that I remember
Back to the land of my first love
Would you spread wide your arms for this wayward son?
I left my heart in Oregon."
Back to the land of my first love
Would you spread wide your arms for this wayward son?
I left my heart in Oregon."
-Coming Home (Oregon) by Mat Kearney
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