21 days left in Grapevine

    

   It has been a very interesting year, I have learned a lot about myself.  I have enjoyed my patio immensely; my new patio won’t have as much room or the open view of the sky, but it will serve my needs.  And although I have spent the last 38 years trying to get out of San Antonio since my family moved there in 1979, I have this feeling I am going back to an old friend.  Maybe it is time to reconcile with San Antonio.  I have always “blamed” others for me being there, my family for moving me there in the last month of my junior year in high school, my husband for keep taking jobs back in that area, but as I have grown, “nothing” just happens.  I am the orchestrater of my life, or rather my Soul is, and for some unknown reason, San Antonio is where I am meant to be.  I am at the point I do not even have to know the reason.  My friends and family know I love Colorado.  I love the way I feel there, my heart soars, and I breathe in the fresh mountain air and just let me eyes rest on the beauty surrounding me.  Reno held the same magic for me, and I will always be grateful for the 1 ½ years I lived there.  I call it my year and half vacation, it is hard to describe just how those mountains stirred my Soul, plus I made some life-long friends. 

     As much as my Soul longs to be in the mountains of Colorado, my Soul also understands that it came here to experience life in a physical body.  And San Antonio is where my life is now.  My son, my daughter and her husband, my mother and father, my brother and his wife and lots and lots of friends.  I know San Antonio and San Antonio knows me.  There are so many pluses to living in San Antonio, one big one of only being 2 hours away from Port Aransas, and when I think of relaxing, I think of Port A.  It will be one of our first things to do after settling in.  I am also ready to settle down and call somewhere “home”.  I have always loved moving, meeting new people and experiencing new places, but I feel the journeys I will take now are more inward. 

     My friends here keep asking if I am going to continue in the wine business.  I laugh and say, “No, I am looking for something I am passionate about.”, which is funny because I am very passionate about drinking wine!  I never know where my next job will come from.  The last 4 jobs I have had, have literally dropped into my lap so I am open to the Universe as to what comes next.  Who needs me and whom do I need to continue my journey?  (in an easy and fun way!)

     I am going to miss Grapevine.  It is a wonderful town, people here take pride in keeping it clean and the landscaping is beautiful.  I am going to miss the people I have worked with, such an awesome crew, I am definitely going to miss the great pool here, and the proximity of everything so close, and not a lot of traffic, unless you have to get on the highways.  I am sure one day I will look back and see this as some sort of vacation, this little town in-between two large metropolises, keeping those small town values and allowing visitors to feel comfortable, a little vacation spot from the busyness of life.  And isn’t that what we all long for?  A respite from the busyness of life?