
Leaving Mom and Dad at the airport to fly back to Portland.
My girlfriend and I are planning a trip to Ohio to see my family in June. This is causing some anxiety. In both of us.
For most of my life, I have both felt very close to and completely separate from my family. In many ways, I have made a new family out here in Oregon. Some part of me wants to mix those together. Some part of me wants to protect each of them by keeping them totally separate.
It can be frustrating to see so much growth in one area and so little in another. But I suppose that I just need to remember that progress is not linear.