Foxfire & Freeways: Leaving Colorado

After 9 years… we’re leaving Colorado.

And I don’t even know how to sum that up in a way that makes sense.

Because it wasn’t just one kind of experience.

There were really good moments—ones I’ll carry with me no matter where we go.

But there was also a lot of chaos.

There were times I trusted the wrong people.
Times I was lied to, used, and left trying to pick up the pieces.
Relationships that didn’t just end—they broke parts of me I had to figure out how to rebuild.

There were points where I didn’t even have a place to live.
Trying to survive in a place that’s beautiful… but not always easy to exist in if you’re struggling.

Colorado gave me some of the highest highs… and some of the lowest lows.

There were years where I kept to myself.
Stayed quiet.
Just trying to get through things without falling apart.

But even in the middle of all that, there were places that felt steady.

For me, that was Main Street Restaurant in Idaho Springs.

I’ve been going there for 9 years.
Long enough that it stopped being “just a place to eat” and started feeling familiar in a way everything else didn’t.

Through all the ups and downs, that place stayed the same.

And now, knowing I won’t just be able to stop in like I always have…
that part feels a little heavier than I expected.

And then somehow, over time, things started to shift.

I found people who actually felt like home.
Built a community.
Got married.
Had a baby.

Created a life that feels completely different from where I started.

So leaving doesn’t feel simple.

It’s not just “we’re moving.”

It’s closing a chapter that held a lot of growth, a lot of pain, and a lot of becoming.

Colorado didn’t always treat me gently…
but it changed me.

And I’m not the same person who showed up here 9 years ago.

Now we’re packing it all up and moving forward.

Not starting over—

just continuing from a much stronger place.

🖤