GirlGI | Girl Gone International Issue 7 | Page 72

New husband = New City!
By Maria Guthrie

“I’m leaving on a jet plane don’t know
when I’ll be back again...”
I met my husband earlier this year and in true fairytale style, he swept
me off my feet and we were married 5 weeks later on a peninsula in
St. Petersburg, Florida in the smallest most romantic ceremony ever!
Next stop, this island girl from Trinidad is moving to Houston!

T-7 Days till Migration.
I’ve given notice on my apartment, sold my belongings,
stored my precious things, closed my business, returned
my car and closed my bank accounts.
I feel like superwoman! And superwoman has cried so
many times in the past week that dehydration has become
a concern.

Houston we have a problem!
The kitty can’t come and I am traumatized.
My baby!! I’ve cried, I’ve thrown fits, I’ve rationalized in my
head that ‘everything happens for a reason’. I think she
knows what’s happening and is laying it on thick.
Heartbroken. But onward. Packing.
I always have nothing to wear. Until, I started packing for
Houston... My closet has miraculously filled itself and all my
luggage is overweight. It’s all going and 400 United States
dollars in overweight charges isn’t going to stop me!