AUTHOR: NYCmom TITLE: Land-locked DATE: 12/05/2008 03:26:00 PM ----- BODY:

Yes, I grew up in the midwest. But lately I have been feeling really land-locked. I knew I would be sad leaving New York, but as we enter the holiday season (probably my favorite time in the city) I'm feeling really sad. Sad like crying while I'm watching the Macy's Parade on Thanksgiving. I had a lot of complaints about our life in New York, but mostly just because we were doing it all juggling 3 babies. Sadly, it seems like a small price to pay now for all we were able to find right out our front door. I remember last leaving the house and walking to the subway, getting off the 2 train at 34th street Penn Station, just so I could call my mom and tell her I was standing in Herald Square looking at the Christmas window decorations at Macy's. Or even better, standing under the gigantic tree at Rockefeller Center watching people ice skate, drinking hot chocolate. I really hope we lived there long enough that I'll always have these memories. Or even better...that we get to go back and live there again some day. I "heart" NY!!!

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