I live in Brooklyn, New York now.
I came to start a new job, leaving behind Columbus, Ohio, the place I’ve called home for more than two decades.
New York already feels like home or at least a familiar territory. Despite having this feeling, I never imagined myself here exactly.
The months preceding my move were full of some of the most intense personal and professional upheavals I’ve ever experienced.
I’m still sorting through those moments but I can say that being here is good medicine for the process. What I do know is that my being here is a product of growth and that what I experience here will further that growth.
As I gaze down at the streets and people below me from rooftops or when I walk alongside a speeding train- I can feel a certain closeness to and distance from myself. I think it’s an awareness of the unknown. Beyond me and within me there is more to come.