hmm..
This week, my family and I have been in Washington state. This is the place where my parents fell in love, got married, and started their life together. They've been talking a lot over the week about how much they love it here and how much they want to move back after we're all out of the house. And it got me thinking--what if they had stayed here? What if I was born and raised here, instead of Florida? Who would I be? Is it possible that I could be the opposite of who I am now, just because of different experiences? What is the potential I have inside myself to change my personality, and what parts of my personality was I born with and cant change? Who would I be without the influences of Matt, Jarrod, Grace, Caitlin, and Katie throughout my life? There could be millions of different lives I could lead and millions of different versions of myself, all depending on where I grew up. I wonder if this life in Florida was best for me, or if growing up in Washington would have been better. I wish I could know who I could have been and what I could have done if I grew up in a different environment. I don't think we'll really ever know the answer to the question of nurture or nature; how could we? I guess I'll just ask God when I get there.