Like big fish in a small pond I can't help but feel stuck. Cleveland is my home and it has been good to me- However, I feel like it's time to pull a Lebron (too soon?). I can't help but feel that there's something more for me out there, somewhere. But for now, I'm here. I moved away to Arizona for a while, but the timing was wrong so inevitably I moved back. It turned out to be for the best. I came back at a time when my mother needed me. I found the love of my life. I found myself. All of which would never have happened if fate had not brought me back to Cleveland. But now the person who has made Cleveland so bearable these past couple months has gone to California to chase his dreams. Everything looks different now that he's gone and it feels like there's nothing left here for me. But as anxious as I am to leave Cleveland and start the life that I've always wanted, I realize that my work here is not quite done.
Before I can chase my dreams I need to make sure that everything is in place. There are people here who still need me and there are things I have to do. So for the time being I need to suck it up and make the best of the situation. I need to make the necessary preparations so that my move to California is a smooth one. I need to give Cleveland a proper send-off. So for the next few months before I leave for LA, I am going to EMBRACE CLEVELAND with open arms and accept all it has to offer. We get such a bad wrap here! No successful teams, dirty streets, the mistake on the lake blah blah BLAH. As a Cleveland native, the least I can do is love it for what it is, take the good with the bad and realize that those things are what makes Cleveland so special. Thanks to Cleveland, I'm ready to face whatever life has in store. I can deal with any kind of person, endure any kind of weather...seriously, I'm ready for it all! Thanks to Cleveland, I've developed the tough skin necessary to succeed in life. Can they say that in Miami? Yeah sure, they have palm trees... but I have resilience!! And to make it even better I'm not just from Cleveland, I'm from Parma!
The entire country makes fun of Cleveland >People from Cleveland make fun of Parma> And somewhere at the end of that food chain lies ME.
And I wouldn't have it any other way.
