This time last year, I started telling friends and acquaintances that my husband and I were moving from Seattle to Santa Barbara with our young kids.
A lot of them asked, “Why would you move to California?” I’d say, “We’re not moving to California. We’re moving to Santa Barbara.”
We arrived at the start of the school year, enrolling our 5-year-old son in TK and our 3-year-old daughter in preschool. This is the third time I’ve lived here, and this time, I’m making it my hometown…