Please Let It Get Better

I have wanted to start a blog for a long time and today I finally got the courage to do it.  I needed a place to get my feelings out other than Facebook where everyone will think I am a lunatic!  We have lived in Pennsylvania for over 3 years now and I still struggle everyday.  Let me back up a bit and tell the whole story.  We moved here from Louisville, KY where we lived for 5 years.  It was the greatest experience of my life.  I was born and raised in a small town in upstate NY.  I met my husband in college, we got married and started a family.  He got a job with a local company and we lived surrounded by our family and friends.  Our world changed in 2003 when he was offered a position in Louisville.  Nobody thought we would move because we just moved into our dream home and I had never lived anywhere else.  We took a leap of faith and moved 700+ miles away from everything I knew.  It was scary!!  I can't even put into words how awesome the people were, they welcomed us with open arms and became our family.  My oldest daughter was 5 at the time and the youngest was not even 2.  Number 1 girl (that's what I will call her for now)  made friends very quickly and Number 2 girl was too young to understand.  Our world changed again in 2008 when my husband was offered a position at the company headquarters in PA.  We thought long and hard, it would be closer to family and at least he would still have a job.  We moved back to the Northeast in April.  To say it has been hard is an understatement.  There is a lot to be said about "southern hospitality."  The people in PA are very "to themselves,"  unapproachable.  I have tried so hard to fit in here, I have made some incredible friends.  I just can't help but think we made the biggest mistake of our lives by moving here.  Can you go back?