Personal experience: we moved from New York to Texas, but now I often regret this decision

Isobella Jade admitted that over the past five years her look has changed a lot. Her children were born in New York. As toddlers, they played at the American Museum of Natural History, took children's music classes on the Upper East Side, munched on street pretzels, and tossed leaves in the air in Central Park. They now live in Texas. And Jade regrets that they moved from New York, reports Insider.

“Initially, I expected to be a Manhattan mom. But over the years, I have come to terms with the fact that they are now children from the south, living in Houston, Texas,” says Isobella.

They wear shorts all year round, the sun shines on their skin, they crave hamburgers. Her children have never made a snowman. And on Texan Day, boots, vests, and hats are worn.

Isobella moved in after her then-husband.

“It was not my idea to move from the comfortable life of Manhattan to Houston, my ex's hometown. I thought it was temporary, but I was wrong.”

Texas showed the woman barbecue festivals, dances in the square, blue hats and the flaws of her marriage. Now that a divorce decree has been issued in Texas and the kids have settled into a school with friends and activities, it seems like she's stuck here forever. Or at least until the kids grow up.

It wasn't until after her divorce that Jade realized the severity of hurricane and flood season as she watched rainwater rush into the creek behind her apartment.

“I was confused trying to figure out what supplies I needed. I knew streams, canals, rivers and ditches. The tributary is a muddy, slow-moving water system - definitely not the Hudson River, with soft, drooping banks that barely hold up during a downpour. Since a light Texas rain can turn into a downpour in a matter of minutes, I deliberately chose the second floor.”

A woman worries about the safety of her children more than before.

There are also events that remind her that she is in Texas. For example, the skin of a dead snake entangled in the wheels of her daughter's scooter. Or the “beware alligators” sign on the playground, the sightings of armadillos, the absence of roadsides and signs with weapons and ammunition next to the pet store.

“I am concerned about the safety of my children wherever they go, living in a state with historically free gun laws. What will women's health be like for my daughter's generation. I'm thinking about the young age I'm going to tell her about contraceptives because of the war for women's access to care and treatment in this state."

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However, the woman considers her children half New Yorkers. The zip code they were born in is a way of reminding them that there is a whole world outside the Lone Star State.

“I know that my children will not have the northern childhood memories that I have. And it makes me sad, but I can't leave where I come from. Although I never planned to be here, they may have both. And I have to share with them the beauty of both places despite the differences.”