Letter to the Editor: Lessons I've learned

Dear Editor:

When I was a teenager in high school living in Daingerfield, I could not wait to leave this small town. I felt smothered, life seemed boring, and I had bigger dreams than this town could handle. But a funny thing happened.

I moved to Dallas to pursue a career as a flight attendant, and I loved it.

It gave me more cultural opportunities than I had ever been exposed to.

Traveling all over the world interacting with people from a variety of cities, states, countries, economic backgrounds and races. It was an interesting place to be. Life wasn’t boring anymore, and I had all of the opportunities in the world to learn and expand my horizons in preparation for a new career that I knew I would love.

So with all of the opportunities in a larger city, it was still a lonely place to be.

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