Biggest Regret

My biggest regret would have to be not moving out of Wilmington. I was born and raised here, so for me it seems like the same thing over and over everyday, season, year. I applied to four colleges and got into all but chose to stay here because my mother had cancer at the time and I could not think about leaving. I don't regret the reason I stayed because I put a lot of thought into it, I regret the fact that I did not take the advice of my mother, father and close friends- who all said that nothing should hold you back from you dreams. Now that my mother is fine I am kind of frustrated at myself that I did not leave. But I have to ask myself, if I had gone would it have really been better? I got the satisfaction of going to see my mother everyday and not having to worry that I may never get to see her again. Also, college is just 4 yrs. (well for most) and then I have the rest of my life to move. Even though to many this may seem like a fun, medium-sized town- to the ones that are from here, it seems like a tiny town. Everyone seems to know something about you, and you can not go into a store without seeing someone you know (which may be because I have never lived outside the same region of Wilmington either). As most of us know the grass isn't always green on the other side, but then again it may be. The only way to find out is to go see for myself.