Now that I am reconnecting with old friends from "home" via myspace and facebook, I go through periods of time where I really miss Sonoma. Some of my friends still live in Sonoma and are raising their kids there. Their kids go to Prestwood Elementary, where I went, they
eat at the same old restaurants and are enjoying California weather. Some days, I feel like I 
never lived there. Other days, it feels like I just left. When I go back, I can't imagine leaving. I never understood when my parents told me how lucky I was to grow up in Sonoma because as a kid, I thought it was the most boring place on Earth. What did I care about wine country and vineyards?? I wasn't old enough to drink. I remember standing in line for a movie at the Sebastiani theater and a couple from Miami, Florida telling my friends and I how lucky we were to live in such a great place. We thought the couple was crazy. But the crazy couple was right...and so were my parents.
eat at the same old restaurants and are enjoying California weather. Some days, I feel like I 
never lived there. Other days, it feels like I just left. When I go back, I can't imagine leaving. I never understood when my parents told me how lucky I was to grow up in Sonoma because as a kid, I thought it was the most boring place on Earth. What did I care about wine country and vineyards?? I wasn't old enough to drink. I remember standing in line for a movie at the Sebastiani theater and a couple from Miami, Florida telling my friends and I how lucky we were to live in such a great place. We thought the couple was crazy. But the crazy couple was right...and so were my parents. Just missing Sonoma at the moment. It will pass.
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