One Choice

This story isn't written based on true events It was Monday morning the morning before I would leave Hawaii for a long time. My boyfriend had come over to help me pack , I was leaving on a plane at 5:30am tomorrow morning and I was going to America. I was going to be a journalist, one that writes down events. As well as information about a place. I loved writing it was one of my many hobbies. Today was the 15th of April 2012. My boyfriend Eric wasn't that sad about me leaving, because he said he was going to visit me every week! He would say jokingly. As if I said back. My best friend Lara was the real emotional one. Ever since I told her was leaving to go to America she would burst out crying, every time we would mention it or she would even think about is she would burst our crying. I felt bad and said I won't go and she always say's to me that I need to follow my dreams. So the next morning I got on a plane at 5:30 sharp and flew to America. When I arrived it was so different to Hawaii. There wasn't as many beaches as Hawaii had and people walked around with shoes on! However, I was most excited to meet my roommate Alex. It was a long drive into the outbacks. It took approximately 8 hours until we arrived outside our cabin. The taxi driver said goodbye and left straight away. That is when I spotted Alex getting out of her taxi. I ran up to her( in a polite manner of course) and gave her a hug. She was so nice and we bonded over so many things, cleaning, baking, writing, Harry Potter books! She was also a journalist. We had so much fun writing together about the experience of living outdoors in nature. However, three months had passed and on one morning I became SUPER homesick. It just sort of hit me all at once. I kept feeling this way for another week or two and then I realized it wasn't homesickness. Even though I did miss everyone back in Hawaii. I just didn't like living out here anymore. I told my friend Alex and she was sad but understood. The next night I flew home to Hawaii and I was more then happy to be back home to my friends and family. I decided I wanted to write about my life in Hawaii instead. It was my calling. God had called me to come back home and write about my life here. I still kept in touch with my friend from America and visited her a couple times, but it wasn't long before I sent her a wedding invite! I was getting married to the love of my life Eric and we invited her, I am now 30 and married with 4 adorable girls and 1 boy. I am continuing to write about my life in Hawaii and my children love it here. " It's funny", my best friend Lara said to me one sunny morning. " It's funny how much one choice can change everything". " I couldn't agree more I said back to her". She certainly was right, if I had stayed in America I wouldn't of had so many opportunities I have today. Although I did live in America for two years of mine and Erics marriage and it's wonderful there, but a calling is a calling. Just like a home is a home and my home is here in Hawaii and I couldn't be more happier about that. Written by Indigo