It’s time to say goodbye to Texas! And, yes, there will be (& has been) tears. 😥
Almost 2 years ago now, my husband was made an offer to work in the USA for 12 months. What an opportunity – we could live in Texas, experience a new culture, do something different for a while and maybe have the odd adventure or two! We have now lived in Texas for 19 months and it has prematurely and abruptly come to an end.
Although this is a very sad turn of events – I think I recognised myself passing through most of the acknowledged stages of grief with anger and depression featuring strongly – I have now moved into acceptance and am trying to move past my sadness and bitterness and appreciate all the wonderful experiences I have had whilst here in the US; things I would not have done otherwise.
It wasn’t easy at the start, but I managed to make a life here and I have meet some amazing people; some will be friends for life!
Living in the North Texas town of Sherman, we have tried to experience as much of Texas (and Texoma) as we could, and also explore further afield when we could. There have been so many wonderful experiences. I was going to list our experiences here – but I now realise that we have done so much, it’s way too much to mention it all.
We have had opportunity to visit quite a few of the local sights and have enjoyed the uniquely Texan experiences of shooting rifles and pistols both at a gun range and on a ranch.
Other places we have visited in Texas are Fort Worth (where we saw the longhorn drive),
Texarkana, San Antonio – the Alamo and it’s wonderful riverwalk,
Wichita Falls, and the Texas hill country town of Fredericksburg. I also managed to get to visit Houston.
With Dallas being so close we managed to see most of the major touristy sites. We visited Dealey Plaza and the Book Repository, took a look at Old Red museum, checked out the DMA, enjoyed a visit to the Dallas Aquarium, took in the view from the top of Reunion Tower and enjoyed several visits to the Arboretum (one of my favourite places).
There is so much to do in Dallas – make sure you visit some time!
We also enjoyed the very unique experience of visiting the Texas State Fair.
In addition we also caught a couple of Baseball games at Arlington.
Besides Texas though, I have had the privilege of visiting another 13 states! Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Washington, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Iowa and New York.
Some highlights:
I had no desire to visit the USA before coming here ,but I have a new appreciation of America and it’s people. Texas in particular will always have a place in my heart. 💕💕
I hope I can come back one day!