My arrival to New York City was nothing short of a miracle ride. Leaving my hometown of Houston, Texas in 2007, I felt a mixture of anxiety, excitement, fear, hope, and determination. As much as Houston taught me over the years, I left my hometown to live out the lessons once learned, some more than once, in my youth to find myself learning a few more while journeying to the "Big Apple" on my two day trip on Grey Hound.