Going to college out of state is both exciting and terrifying. It is hard to wrap your mind around moving to a new state without your family, friends, dogs, and local spots you've grown to love. Younger me could never fathom the thought of calling a new place my home.
Years later and I would 100% classify South Carolina as my home and can't even imagine a world where I don't live here.
I was so scared to go to school out of state but so eager to meet new people and get a chance to start over completely new. Being away from my family, who I am so close to, was one of the most difficult adjustments for me. I was extremely dependent on my relationship with my sister coming into college. Over the first few months, I started to gain my own independence and find my footing.
Over the last few years, I have stopped feeling homesickness, become my own person, and still remained so close with my family and the city of Houston. I wish I could tell my 18-year-old self how proud I am to have taken a risk but it has completely paid off.
One of the ways that this place has begun to feel like home is because of the people and the memories it holds. I owe so much to Columbia, SC because of what I have experienced in this city.
The people make the place.
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